Administrative professional vs assistant manager

The differences between administrative professionals and assistant managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become an administrative professional, becoming an assistant manager takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, an administrative professional has an average salary of $39,486, which is higher than the $39,127 average annual salary of an assistant manager.

The top three skills for an administrative professional include customer service, powerpoint and data entry. The most important skills for an assistant manager are paperwork, cleanliness, and customer service.

Administrative professional vs assistant manager overview

	Administrative Professional	Assistant Manager
Yearly salary	$39,486	$39,127
Hourly rate	$18.98	$18.81
Growth rate	-8%	6%
Number of jobs	87,372	566,132
Job satisfaction	-	4.5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Average age	50	44
Years of experience	2	6

What does an administrative professional do?

An administrative professional specializes in performing administrative support and clerical tasks in a company or office, ensuring accuracy and smooth workflow. Their responsibilities typically revolve around managing schedules, arranging appointments and meetings, producing progress reports and presentations, delegating tasks, and attending meetings on behalf of executives or staff. There are also instances when an administrative assistant must answer calls and correspondence, respond to inquiries and concerns, welcome guests, relay messages, and provide staff with any support tasks or documents.

What does an assistant manager do?

An assistant manager provides assistance and support to the direct manager in ensuring that the business runs smoothly with guaranteed satisfaction. An associate manager helps organize daily projects and manages employees to make sure that tasks are being done in a timely and accurate manner. Assistant managers are also expected to develop a good relationship with the whole workforce and clients to contribute to a successful and healthy workplace. An assistant manager is also required to present practical strategies for business growth, monitor daily operations, and communicate with clients for any possible suggestions and complaints.

Administrative professional vs assistant manager salary

Administrative professionals and assistant managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Administrative Professional	Assistant Manager
Average salary	$39,486	$39,127
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $65,000	Between $23,000 And $64,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	New York, NY
Highest paying state	Connecticut	New Jersey
Best paying company	HomeOwners Advantage	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between administrative professional and assistant manager education

There are a few differences between an administrative professional and an assistant manager in terms of educational background:

	Administrative Professional	Assistant Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	University of Georgia

Administrative professional vs assistant manager demographics

Here are the differences between administrative professionals' and assistant managers' demographics:

	Administrative Professional	Assistant Manager
Average age	50	44
Gender ratio	Male, 17.4% Female, 82.6%	Male, 42.0% Female, 58.0%
Race ratio	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%	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 6.4% White, 67.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	6%	10%

Differences between administrative professional and assistant manager duties and responsibilities

Administrative professional example responsibilities.

Manage documentation, folder structures and user permissions in SharePoint.
Participate in committee meetings by preparing minutes and presentation summaries, planning meeting agendas, and organizing and managing meeting logistics.
Keep vendors accounts up to date, process payroll, collect on accounts receivable, keep accounts payable up to date.
Create document libraries for several hospital initiatives in SharePoint.
Receive and distribute payroll garnishment/bankruptcy notification letters to employees.
Develop and maintain relevant organizational charts, facilitating retrieval of staff data in PowerPoint format.

Assistant manager example responsibilities.

Manage and approve all advertising and promotional activity (weekly flyers).
Manage a team in order to reach daily, monthly, and yearly monetary, KPI, and loyalty goals.
Assist with customer service, organize employee payroll and scheduling, and manage day-to-day company responsibilities.
Maintain customer base by providing excellent customer service, maintaining facilities cleanliness, preparing daily reports and managing other cashiers.
Provide exceptional customer service by serving food and bartending during the restaurant s busiest hours of operation
Assist customers and operate POS register, unload stock delivery truck, stock merchandise and build displays, make bank deposits.

Administrative professional vs assistant manager skills

Common administrative professional skills

Customer Service, 16%
PowerPoint, 12%
Data Entry, 11%
Travel Arrangements, 7%
Administrative Tasks, 3%
Office Equipment, 3%

Common assistant manager skills

Paperwork, 10%
Cleanliness, 9%
Customer Service, 7%
Math, 7%
Basic Math, 6%
Payroll, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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