Administrative fellow vs administrative associate

The differences between administrative fellows and administrative associates can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become an administrative fellow, becoming an administrative associate takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, an administrative fellow has an average salary of $57,253, which is higher than the $34,873 average annual salary of an administrative associate.

The top three skills for an administrative fellow include patients, fellowship program and healthcare administration. The most important skills for an administrative associate are administrative tasks, purchase orders, and customer service.

Administrative fellow vs administrative associate overview

	Administrative Fellow	Administrative Associate
Yearly salary	$57,253	$34,873
Hourly rate	$27.53	$16.77
Growth rate	28%	-8%
Number of jobs	39,417	54,499
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Average age	47	50
Years of experience	6	2

What does an administrative fellow do?

An Administrative Fellow is a person that leads a team to accomplish tasks in a particular project. The administrative fellow has an essential part in developing and analyzing projects and will offer suggestions to enhance the project. It is also the responsibility of the executive fellow to understand trends and correctly understand customer feedback. The administrative fellow's main goal is to ensure projects and products are created with the best in mind.

What does an administrative associate do?

An administrative associate is responsible for performing various tasks such as handling and processing paperwork, attending meetings and preparing minutes, responding to inquiries and other forms of correspondence, keeping accurate records, updating databases, and monitoring the company's financial activities. They also communicate with various department personnel, ensuring coordination should any important matter would arise. Furthermore, as an administrative associate, they are in charge of procuring supplies, implementing company policies, and supporting any staff members if needed.

Administrative fellow vs administrative associate salary

Administrative fellows and administrative associates have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Administrative Fellow	Administrative Associate
Average salary	$57,253	$34,873
Salary range	Between $42,000 And $78,000	Between $23,000 And $51,000
Highest paying City	Galveston, TX	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Delaware	New York
Best paying company	University Hospitals	Lord Abbett
Best paying industry	Health Care	Finance

Differences between administrative fellow and administrative associate education

There are a few differences between an administrative fellow and an administrative associate in terms of educational background:

	Administrative Fellow	Administrative Associate
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Western Carolina University

Administrative fellow vs administrative associate demographics

Here are the differences between administrative fellows' and administrative associates' demographics:

	Administrative Fellow	Administrative Associate
Average age	47	50
Gender ratio	Male, 51.3% Female, 48.7%	Male, 21.6% Female, 78.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.7% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 8.1% White, 60.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 3.8% White, 65.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	12%	6%

Differences between administrative fellow and administrative associate duties and responsibilities

Administrative fellow example responsibilities.

Experience working with manage care, Medicaid and capitate programs.
Orchestrate special events and reservations; manage customer relations and provide exemplary service to all customers.
Develop, implement and maintain an audit of cost versus revenue for a satellite diagnostic radiology center.
Facilitate conversion of office base surgery practice to hospital base clinic.
Assist executive director with administrative management of services -oncology, imaging & surgery.
Provide cloud base customer relationship management with Salesforce for optimization in coordination of the workforce development program and other community orient events

Administrative associate example responsibilities.

Manage consultants' calendar, arrange travel, paid bills via QuickBooks software.
Support medical doctors, manage sensitive and confidential records pertaining to high risk patients with emphasis on accuracy.
Enter invoices in QuickBooks and P2P.
Fulfill medical record requests from patients, providers and insurance companies in a HIPAA compliant way.
Prepare PowerPoint presentations and address day to day general operations and office procedures.
Prepare PowerPoint & other digital media for presentations that are distributed to upper management.

Administrative fellow vs administrative associate skills

Common administrative fellow skills

Patients, 12%
Fellowship Program, 8%
Healthcare Administration, 8%
Health System, 7%
Process Improvement, 6%
Patient Care, 6%

Common administrative associate skills

Administrative Tasks, 12%
Purchase Orders, 10%
Customer Service, 10%
Telephone Calls, 9%
Travel Arrangements, 9%
Patients, 8%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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