Trustee vs director

The differences between trustees and directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a trustee and a director. Additionally, a director has an average salary of $113,489, which is higher than the $97,590 average annual salary of a trustee.

The top three skills for a trustee include financial statements, real estate and debtor. The most important skills for a director are healthcare, customer service, and oversight.

Trustee vs director overview

	Trustee	Director
Yearly salary	$97,590	$113,489
Hourly rate	$46.92	$54.56
Growth rate	12%	8%
Number of jobs	112	230,711
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	45	40
Years of experience	6	6

Trustee vs director salary

Trustees and directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Trustee	Director
Average salary	$97,590	$113,489
Salary range	Between $54,000 And $175,000	Between $66,000 And $192,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Mayo Clinic
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between trustee and director education

There are a few differences between a trustee and a director in terms of educational background:

	Trustee	Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Trustee vs director demographics

Here are the differences between trustees' and directors' demographics:

	Trustee	Director
Average age	45	40
Gender ratio	Male, 51.2% Female, 48.8%	Male, 53.2% Female, 46.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.1% Asian, 5.1% White, 63.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.5% Asian, 6.4% White, 65.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	14%	14%

Differences between trustee and director duties and responsibilities

Trustee example responsibilities.

Plan and manage executive, conference and NCAA meetings.
Evaluate and score scholarship applications; notify applicants of the board's decision
Chair of various institutional committees; with an emphasis on the shared governance process.
Make weekly court run to retrieve documents from web pacer brass for general public.
Review and analyze that all ECF documents for case set up has been file.
Coordinate annual fundraiser activities including designing and printing the campaign letter send to all alumni.

Director example responsibilities.

Manage water metering programs for NYC and national portfolio.
Collaborate with the CPA to manage financials and reporting / distribution to physicians.
Manage OEM manufacturing partners for making bulk solutions, product fills and final packaging.
Lead company's first deep-fill structural project, bring company into EPA compliance, establish effective QA-QC program.
Develop company website entirely as well as wrote and manage the SEO and upkeep for overall site maintenance.
Manage the company's hotel portfolio operations and assets, including renovation, new build, conversions, and rebranding.

Trustee vs director skills

Common trustee skills

Financial Statements, 22%
Real Estate, 12%
Debtor, 11%
Bankruptcy Court, 6%
Scholarship, 5%
Foreclosure, 3%

Common director skills

Healthcare, 10%
Customer Service, 10%
Oversight, 7%
Project Management, 6%
Human Resources, 4%
Business Development, 4%