Youth volunteer vs volunteer leader

The differences between youth volunteers and volunteer leaders can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a youth volunteer and a volunteer leader. Additionally, a youth volunteer has an average salary of $34,031, which is higher than the $29,309 average annual salary of a volunteer leader.

The top three skills for a youth volunteer include youth development, community outreach and community services. The most important skills for a volunteer leader are leadership, community outreach, and ministry.

Youth volunteer vs volunteer leader overview

	Youth Volunteer	Volunteer Leader
Yearly salary	$34,031	$29,309
Hourly rate	$16.36	$14.09
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	4,582	32,066
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	6	6

Youth volunteer vs volunteer leader salary

Youth volunteers and volunteer leaders have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Youth Volunteer	Volunteer Leader
Average salary	$34,031	$29,309
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $42,000	Between $22,000 And $37,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between youth volunteer and volunteer leader education

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

	Youth Volunteer	Volunteer Leader
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Most common major	Psychology	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Youth volunteer vs volunteer leader demographics

Here are the differences between youth volunteers' and volunteer leaders' demographics:

	Youth Volunteer	Volunteer Leader
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 40.7% Female, 59.3%	Male, 37.1% Female, 62.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.1% Asian, 5.1% White, 63.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	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%
LGBT Percentage	14%	14%

Differences between youth volunteer and volunteer leader duties and responsibilities

Youth volunteer example responsibilities.

Assist in achieving and maintaining DoD certification and national accreditation or equivalent compliance.
Attend training courses and maintain CPR certification.
Tutor homeless young children and those from at-risk families with their reading skills and mathematics
Create billboards with lesson information, plan and create PowerPoint presentations for special music and lesson use.
Serve as a mentor to incarcerate juveniles and tutor in mathematics.
Participate and target in leadership programs to develop communication and team building skills.

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

Youth volunteer vs volunteer leader skills

Common youth volunteer skills

Youth Development, 16%
Community Outreach, 12%
Community Services, 8%
at-Risk Youth, 7%
Youth Program, 6%
Soccer, 5%

Common volunteer leader skills

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