Administrative office clerk vs administrative receptionist

The differences between administrative office clerks and administrative receptionists 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 receptionist. Additionally, an administrative office clerk has an average salary of $31,581, which is higher than the $31,502 average annual salary of an administrative receptionist.

The top three skills for an administrative office clerk include data entry, customer service and phone calls. The most important skills for an administrative receptionist are customer service, patients, and data entry.

Administrative office clerk vs administrative receptionist overview

	Administrative Office Clerk	Administrative Receptionist
Yearly salary	$31,581	$31,502
Hourly rate	$15.18	$15.15
Growth rate	-5%	-8%
Number of jobs	129,211	91,892
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Average age	47	50
Years of experience	2	2

Administrative office clerk vs administrative receptionist salary

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

	Administrative Office Clerk	Administrative Receptionist
Average salary	$31,581	$31,502
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $38,000	Between $25,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	-	Oakland, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Beacon Hill Staffing Group
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between administrative office clerk and administrative receptionist education

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

	Administrative Office Clerk	Administrative Receptionist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina University

Administrative office clerk vs administrative receptionist demographics

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

	Administrative Office Clerk	Administrative Receptionist
Average age	47	50
Gender ratio	Male, 20.9% Female, 79.1%	Male, 8.0% Female, 92.0%
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, 9.4% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 3.8% White, 65.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between administrative office clerk and administrative receptionist 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 receptionist example responsibilities.

Manage travel reimbursements, and reconcile process and forward to payroll for assign individuals.
Act as primary liaison between patients, physical therapists and physicians while accomplishing miscellaneous duties necessary for maintaining operations.
Sort first class mail, FedEx, campus mail and all incoming mail daily.
Draft correspondence and other written material, develop PowerPoint slides and graphic presentations for demographic analysts.
Issue shipping instructions and provide routing information to ensure that payroll delivery times and locations are coordinate.
Greet visitors, and respond to telephone and in-person requests for information for sole-practitioner office serving several hundr patients.

Administrative office clerk vs administrative receptionist 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 receptionist skills

Customer Service, 18%
Patients, 12%
Data Entry, 11%
Phone Calls, 8%
Front Desk, 6%
Word Processing, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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