Virology director vs fellow

The differences between virology directors and fellows can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a virology director and a fellow. Additionally, a virology director has an average salary of $67,183, which is higher than the $66,364 average annual salary of a fellow.

The top three skills for a virology director include cell biology, and . The most important skills for a fellow are patients, professional development, and veterans.

Virology director vs fellow overview

	Virology Director	Fellow
Yearly salary	$67,183	$66,364
Hourly rate	$32.30	$31.91
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	5,922	7,459
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Virology director vs fellow salary

Virology directors and fellows have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Virology Director	Fellow
Average salary	$67,183	$66,364
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $148,000	Between $46,000 And $93,000
Highest paying City	-	Oak Ridge, TN
Highest paying state	-	Tennessee
Best paying company	-	Peterson Institute for International Economics
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between virology director and fellow education

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

	Virology Director	Fellow
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Microbiology	Political Science
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Virology director vs fellow demographics

Here are the differences between virology directors' and fellows' demographics:

	Virology Director	Fellow
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 33.3% Female, 66.7%	Male, 46.2% Female, 53.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.6% Unknown, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.4% Asian, 27.9% White, 56.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Asian, 26.4% White, 53.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between virology director and fellow duties and responsibilities

Virology director example responsibilities.

Manage technology transfer for clinical API supply delivery.
Collaborate with academics to further develop compounds that inhibit HCV growth in tissue culture.
Design fully-functional modern immunology laboratory.
Design fully-functional modern immunology laboratory.

Fellow example responsibilities.

Design and lead labs align with the NYC curriculum, on topics including moon phases and dichotomous keys.
Maintain company website, as well as wrote, manage, and edit content on the SharePoint portal.
Manage live streaming for NARAL Facebook during NARAL's lobby day, as well as assisting in attendee organization.
Work through several medical software databases to generate SQL to pass on to Java developers for their programs.
Develop computer program to visualize EOS data in Java.
Include writing python scripts to parse poorly structure text into tabular data.

Virology director vs fellow skills

Common virology director skills

Cell Biology, 100%

Common fellow skills

Patients, 11%
Professional Development, 7%
Veterans, 7%
Mathematics, 5%
Math, 5%
Public Health, 4%

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