Administrative office clerk vs administrative aide

The differences between administrative office clerks and administrative aides can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both an administrative office clerk and an administrative aide. Additionally, an administrative aide has an average salary of $38,714, which is higher than the $31,581 average annual salary of an administrative office clerk.

The top three skills for an administrative office clerk include data entry, customer service and phone calls. The most important skills for an administrative aide are customer service, word processing, and proofreading.

Administrative office clerk vs administrative aide overview

	Administrative Office Clerk	Administrative Aide
Yearly salary	$31,581	$38,714
Hourly rate	$15.18	$18.61
Growth rate	-5%	-8%
Number of jobs	129,211	96,883
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 54%
Average age	47	50
Years of experience	2	2

Administrative office clerk vs administrative aide salary

Administrative office clerks and administrative aides have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Administrative Office Clerk	Administrative Aide
Average salary	$31,581	$38,714
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $38,000	Between $30,000 And $48,000
Highest paying City	-	Windsor, CT
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	Columbia University in the City of New York
Best paying industry	-	Utilities

Differences between administrative office clerk and administrative aide education

There are a few differences between an administrative office clerk and an administrative aide in terms of educational background:

	Administrative Office Clerk	Administrative Aide
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 54%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina University

Administrative office clerk vs administrative aide demographics

Here are the differences between administrative office clerks' and administrative aides' demographics:

	Administrative Office Clerk	Administrative Aide
Average age	47	50
Gender ratio	Male, 20.9% Female, 79.1%	Male, 22.0% Female, 78.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 21.4% Asian, 7.3% White, 54.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 9.3% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.3% Asian, 3.8% White, 66.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between administrative office clerk and administrative aide duties and responsibilities

Administrative office clerk example responsibilities.

Manage and update social media outlets including Facebook and LinkedIn.
Set up orders in QuickBooks billing program.
Prepare payroll stubs for numerous companies; log each company's payroll into QuickBooks and into each company's binder.
Monitor patients in hospital by name and injury in addition to identification and personal belonging assistance.
Create corresponding SharePoint portal, to optimize productivity and enforce conformance with financial improvement and audit readiness standards.

Administrative aide example responsibilities.

Support medical doctors, manage sensitive and confidential records pertaining to high risk patients with emphasis on accuracy.
Job costing (normal), A/R.
Design charts for GBR-P and UEWR manuals using Powerpoint for the radar group.
Reconcile A/R and A/P; contact vendors and customers to resolve account discrepancies.
Design and prepare PowerPoint presentations.
Process payroll for the department maintaining accuracy on all documentation.

Administrative office clerk vs administrative aide skills

Common administrative office clerk skills

Data Entry, 21%
Customer Service, 17%
Phone Calls, 11%
Office Equipment, 7%
Purchase Orders, 4%
Front Desk, 4%

Common administrative aide skills

Customer Service, 15%
Word Processing, 14%
Proofreading, 13%
Data Entry, 10%
Clerical Support, 6%
Database Management, 5%

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