Volunteer leader vs group leader

The differences between volunteer leaders and group leaders can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a volunteer leader, becoming a group leader takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a group leader has an average salary of $100,480, which is higher than the $29,309 average annual salary of a volunteer leader.

The top three skills for a volunteer leader include leadership, community outreach and ministry. The most important skills for a group leader are customer service, OSHA, and center management.

Volunteer leader vs group leader overview

	Volunteer Leader	Group Leader
Yearly salary	$29,309	$100,480
Hourly rate	$14.09	$48.31
Growth rate	12%	10%
Number of jobs	32,066	56,173
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 72%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	45	42
Years of experience	6	4

Volunteer leader vs group leader salary

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

	Volunteer Leader	Group Leader
Average salary	$29,309	$100,480
Salary range	Between $22,000 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 volunteer leader and group leader education

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

	Volunteer Leader	Group Leader
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 72%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Stanford University

Volunteer leader vs group leader demographics

Here are the differences between volunteer leaders' and group leaders' demographics:

	Volunteer Leader	Group Leader
Average age	45	42
Gender ratio	Male, 37.1% Female, 62.9%	Male, 51.6% Female, 48.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.3% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 5.2% White, 63.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	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	14%	8%

Differences between volunteer leader and group leader duties and responsibilities

Volunteer leader example responsibilities.

Organize and lead week-long community service trips and participate in leadership training.
Coordinate PowerPoint presentations, handout materials and gift bags for association member meetings.
Recognize by leadership for substantially improving welcoming processes which result in an increase in return participants and new participants.
Serve in consecutive positions of increase responsibility requiring strong interpersonal skills, extensive administrative, maintenance, and logistics backgrounds.
Facilitate activities including reading, basketball, and kickball

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.

Volunteer leader vs group leader skills

Common volunteer leader skills

Leadership, 34%
Community Outreach, 17%
Ministry, 7%
Role Model, 6%
Mathematics, 5%
Bible Studies, 5%

Common group leader skills

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