Traffic chief vs project director

The differences between traffic chiefs and project directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a project director has an average salary of $107,396, which is higher than the $57,192 average annual salary of a traffic chief.

The top three skills for a traffic chief include facility equipment, air traffic control and federal aviation administration. The most important skills for a project director are project management, oversight, and customer satisfaction.

Traffic chief vs project director overview

	Traffic Chief	Project Director
Yearly salary	$57,192	$107,396
Hourly rate	$27.50	$51.63
Growth rate	6%	-
Number of jobs	14,440	116,968
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	-	-

Traffic chief vs project director salary

Traffic chiefs and project directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Traffic Chief	Project Director
Average salary	$57,192	$107,396
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $105,000	Between $70,000 And $162,000
Highest paying City	-	Las Vegas, NV
Highest paying state	-	Nevada
Best paying company	-	Fried Frank
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between traffic chief and project director education

There are a few differences between a traffic chief and a project director in terms of educational background:

	Traffic Chief	Project Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Most common major	Aerospace Engineering	Business
Most common college	University of Southern California	University of Pennsylvania

Traffic chief vs project director demographics

Here are the differences between traffic chiefs' and project directors' demographics:

	Traffic Chief	Project Director
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 83.6% Female, 16.4%	Male, 56.2% Female, 43.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.7% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.0% Asian, 7.2% White, 66.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 7.5% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 65.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	10%	10%

Differences between traffic chief and project director duties and responsibilities

Traffic chief example responsibilities.

Manage all inbound material which include part shortages, EC changes, QC inspection parts and sequence material.
Formulate solution-focused reporting to minimize training obstacles, while establishing relationships with FAA, DoD, DA and local regulations.
Direct inbound or outbound logistics operations, such as transportation or warehouse activities, safety performance, or logistics quality management.
Provide leadership and training to incoming airmen and volunteer for many USAF organizations.

Project director example responsibilities.

Provide direction and guidance to Americas regional executives with all aspects of managing their regions in order to achieve business goals.
Manage commercial real estate, adaptive reuse development project.
Create, maintain, and manage software development project schedules according to PMI standards.
Manage customer service center issues spanning Americas, European, and Asian delivery centers.
Refine and develop strong/functional on-site OCI management teams to ensure project EPC objectives are achieve.
Manage offshore / onshore test teams through entire SDLC for major, minor and hotfix releases.

Traffic chief vs project director skills

Common traffic chief skills

Facility Equipment, 33%
Air Traffic Control, 29%
Federal Aviation Administration, 24%
Airfield Operations, 13%

Common project director skills

Project Management, 20%
Oversight, 19%
Customer Satisfaction, 8%
HR, 5%
Adaptive, 5%
ERP, 4%