Trainee vs graduate fellow

The differences between trainees and graduate fellows can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a graduate fellow has an average salary of $60,507, which is higher than the $39,185 average annual salary of a trainee.

The top three skills for a trainee include customer service, CDL and training programs. The most important skills for a graduate fellow are data analysis, undergraduate classes, and data collection.

Trainee vs graduate fellow overview

	Trainee	Graduate Fellow
Yearly salary	$39,185	$60,507
Hourly rate	$18.84	$29.09
Growth rate	5%	17%
Number of jobs	51,490	7,204
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Average age	43	44
Years of experience	2	-

Trainee vs graduate fellow salary

Trainees and graduate fellows have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Trainee	Graduate Fellow
Average salary	$39,185	$60,507
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $55,000	Between $44,000 And $82,000
Highest paying City	Richmond, CA	Germantown, MD
Highest paying state	Hawaii	Washington
Best paying company	Clifford Chance	Pace University
Best paying industry	Finance	Technology

Differences between trainee and graduate fellow education

There are a few differences between a trainee and a graduate fellow in terms of educational background:

	Trainee	Graduate Fellow
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Most common major	Business	Law
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Trainee vs graduate fellow demographics

Here are the differences between trainees' and graduate fellows' demographics:

	Trainee	Graduate Fellow
Average age	43	44
Gender ratio	Male, 56.4% Female, 43.6%	Male, 45.8% Female, 54.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% Asian, 13.8% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 12.0% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 18.9% Asian, 7.6% White, 55.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	9%	6%

Differences between trainee and graduate fellow duties and responsibilities

Trainee example responsibilities.

Establish and manage Microsoft SharePoint services to servers to achieve higher productivity for each project.
Design scripts to automate the build of developer, QA, and production servers.
Accomplish the experiments on PCB layout, core circuit board of hardware via PCB manufacturing.
Maintain BOM (bill of materials) and manage the team in maintaining coordination between the customer requirements.
Involve using HTML, CSS, PHP, bootstrap, and Jquery throughout the work.
Assist in the creation of a python base ArcGIS profile elevation script tool.

Graduate fellow example responsibilities.

Develop and manage syllabus material; evaluate students' performance relative to standardize learning objectives.
Assist with creating scoring keys for automate scoring engines for mathematics and short-text constructed-response tasks.
Prepare the documents and PowerPoint presentations containing the results for the ETSU COE s NCATE accreditation evaluation
Present technical data using PowerPoint.
Research mathematics with faculty and teach mathematics to undergraduate students
Develop procedures for hydrothermal synthesis of uranyl vanadate minerals and novelmineral analogues.

Trainee vs graduate fellow skills

Common trainee skills

Customer Service, 22%
CDL, 9%
Training Programs, 9%
Work Ethic, 7%
Basic Math, 6%
Math, 5%

Common graduate fellow skills

Data Analysis, 10%
Undergraduate Classes, 8%
Data Collection, 8%
Fellowship Program, 8%
Legal Research, 7%
Mathematics, 6%