Summer counselor vs group leader

The differences between summer counselors and group leaders 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 counselor and a group leader. Additionally, a group leader has an average salary of $100,480, which is higher than the $25,176 average annual salary of a summer counselor.

The top three skills for a summer counselor include child care, kids and leadership. The most important skills for a group leader are customer service, OSHA, and center management.

Summer counselor vs group leader overview

	Summer Counselor	Group Leader
Yearly salary	$25,176	$100,480
Hourly rate	$12.10	$48.31
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	30,702	56,173
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 65%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	4	4

Summer counselor vs group leader salary

Summer counselors and group leaders have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Summer Counselor	Group Leader
Average salary	$25,176	$100,480
Salary range	Between $16,000 And $37,000	Between $57,000 And $174,000
Highest paying City	-	Madison, MS
Highest paying state	-	Mississippi
Best paying company	-	Federal Reserve Bank
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between summer counselor and group leader education

There are a few differences between a summer counselor and a group leader in terms of educational background:

	Summer Counselor	Group Leader
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 65%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Psychology	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Stanford University

Summer counselor vs group leader demographics

Here are the differences between summer counselors' and group leaders' demographics:

	Summer Counselor	Group Leader
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 43.3% Female, 56.7%	Male, 51.6% Female, 48.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.7% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.1% Asian, 4.9% White, 61.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 11.3% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 15.8% Asian, 5.2% White, 61.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between summer counselor and group leader duties and responsibilities

Summer counselor example responsibilities.

Educate campers to manage their diabetes independently bypracticing in team excercises.
Help teachers with daily activities and make sure everything run smoothly as each day proceed.
Coordinate with other counselors to maintain camp cleanliness, and make sure that the campers have a safe and enjoyable experience.
Maintain general cleanliness of facilities and campground.
Motivate participants in succeeding at academics, leadership abilities, team building, and relationships
Maintain and ensure cleanliness of areas to uphold USPH and Disney standards.

Group leader example responsibilities.

Oversee all OEM site leads to improve work flow, methods and procedures.
Coach to ensure KPI's and SLA's, productivity and quality objectives are consistently achieve.
Coordinate and manage passenger movement of DOD civilians, contractors, and military personnel within the Southwest-Asia area of operation.
Lead and manage a DEA enforcement task force group involve in daily enforcement and intelligence collection/dissemination activities.
Manage and provide performance and career counseling regarding leadership, academics and physical training to strength personnel in their professional development.
Complete two six sigma projects with total savings of $130K/year.

Summer counselor vs group leader skills

Common summer counselor skills

Child Care, 30%
Kids, 28%
Leadership, 11%
Youth Ages, 10%
CPR, 4%
Role Model, 4%

Common group leader skills

Customer Service, 8%
OSHA, 6%
Center Management, 6%
Safety Procedures, 6%
Basic Math, 5%
CPR, 5%