Summer assistant vs program lead

The differences between summer assistants and program leads can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a summer assistant and a program lead. Additionally, a program lead has an average salary of $100,727, which is higher than the $32,878 average annual salary of a summer assistant.

The top three skills for a summer assistant include excellent organizational, educational programs and customer service. The most important skills for a program lead are project management, HR, and work ethic.

Summer assistant vs program lead overview

	Summer Assistant	Program Lead
Yearly salary	$32,878	$100,727
Hourly rate	$15.81	$48.43
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	12,693	61,632
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	4	4

Summer assistant vs program lead salary

Summer assistants and program leads have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Summer Assistant	Program Lead
Average salary	$32,878	$100,727
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $40,000	Between $59,000 And $171,000
Highest paying City	Daly City, CA	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Alaska	New York
Best paying company	DLA Piper	Netflix
Best paying industry	Energy	-

Differences between summer assistant and program lead education

There are a few differences between a summer assistant and a program lead in terms of educational background:

	Summer Assistant	Program Lead
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Summer assistant vs program lead demographics

Here are the differences between summer assistants' and program leads' demographics:

	Summer Assistant	Program Lead
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 43.8% Female, 56.2%	Male, 40.9% Female, 59.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.2% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 15.4% Asian, 5.1% White, 60.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 10.0% Unknown, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 5.1% White, 62.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between summer assistant and program lead duties and responsibilities

Summer assistant example responsibilities.

Manage company's twitter account and communicate with multiple physical therapy providers around the country
Mentore kids one-on-one on emotional and spiritual development and conflict resolution.
Instruct youth and fellow co-workers on CPR and the benefits.
Provide assistants with mowing, gardening, and janitor obligations over the parks of Monticello.
Assist with cutting out, watering, mowing, and doing maintenance on all baseball fields in the city.
Create a PowerPoint presentation for closing ceremony.

Program lead example responsibilities.

Assess instructor effectiveness in achieving client ISP objectives.
Manage security and access policies base upon operational need-to-know and DOD regulations and requirements
Conduct daily clinical documentation audits, manage consumer financial accounts, provide oversight and approval for all treatment and discharge planning.
Up to date on CPR, trauma medical aid and restraints holds.
Know basics of first aid and CPR, have not receive certification yet.
Evaluate quarterly expenditure reports and project budgets, and release money to local NGOs.

Summer assistant vs program lead skills

Common summer assistant skills

Excellent Organizational, 22%
Educational Programs, 18%
Customer Service, 11%
CPR, 7%
Front Desk, 6%
County 4-H, 6%

Common program lead skills

Project Management, 13%
HR, 11%
Work Ethic, 10%
CPR, 8%
Customer Satisfaction, 7%
Customer Service, 5%