Administrative services assistant vs clerk's assistant/administrative assistant

The differences between administrative services assistants and clerks's assistant/administrative assistant 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 services assistant and a clerk's assistant/administrative assistant. Additionally, an administrative services assistant has an average salary of $35,490, which is higher than the $33,551 average annual salary of a clerk's assistant/administrative assistant.

The top three skills for an administrative services assistant include customer service, data entry and home health. The most important skills for a clerk's assistant/administrative assistant are data entry, customer service, and telephone calls.

Administrative services assistant vs clerk's assistant/administrative assistant overview

	Administrative Services Assistant	Clerk's Assistant/Administrative Assistant
Yearly salary	$35,490	$33,551
Hourly rate	$17.06	$16.13
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	115,856	54,831
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	2	2

What does an administrative services assistant do?

An administrative services assistant is responsible for performing administrative support to an organization, ensuring smooth operations, and providing the best services for the customers. Administrative services assistants are usually the first point of contact of visitors, responding to their inquiries and concerns, verifying appointments, and leading them to the appropriate personnel or department. They are also present in meetings and conferences, creating minutes reports, presenting documents, and suggesting opportunities to improve operational functions and increase profitability. An administrative services assistant does data processing, sort files, monitor office inventories, and other related tasks as required.

What does a clerk's assistant/administrative assistant do?

A clerk's assistant/administrative assistant is responsible for supporting the company's operations and customers' needs by performing administrative and clerical duties as needed. Clerk's assistants/administrative assistants respond to customers' inquiries and concerns, acknowledging and processing orders, and posting their payments. They also sort company documents, manage office supply inventory, submit business transaction reports, schedule appointments, and operate office equipment. A clerk's assistant/administrative assistant must be very organized. They must also have excellent time-management and multitasking skills to perform office duties with high accuracy and efficiency under minimal supervision.

Administrative services assistant vs clerk's assistant/administrative assistant salary

Administrative services assistants and clerks's assistant/administrative assistant have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Administrative Services Assistant	Clerk's Assistant/Administrative Assistant
Average salary	$35,490	$33,551
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $44,000	Between $27,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	San Jose, CA	Simi Valley, CA
Highest paying state	Washington	Hawaii
Best paying company	University of California, Berkeley	ADM
Best paying industry	Finance	Government

Differences between administrative services assistant and clerk's assistant/administrative assistant education

There are a few differences between an administrative services assistant and a clerk's assistant/administrative assistant in terms of educational background:

	Administrative Services Assistant	Clerk's Assistant/Administrative Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina University

Administrative services assistant vs clerk's assistant/administrative assistant demographics

Here are the differences between administrative services assistants' and clerks's assistant/administrative assistant' demographics:

	Administrative Services Assistant	Clerk's Assistant/Administrative Assistant
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 11.6% Female, 88.4%	Male, 13.4% Female, 86.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.1% Asian, 3.8% White, 66.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.0% Asian, 3.8% White, 66.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between administrative services assistant and clerk's assistant/administrative assistant duties and responsibilities

Administrative services assistant example responsibilities.

Manage local SharePoint and calendar with real estate and construction files, and event information, corporate attorney updates.
Manage and develop the daily clinical schedule for the in-patient rehabilitation staff taking into consideration Medicare guidelines and staffing ratios.
Prepare transfer packets and coordinate transfers for patients being send to extend rehabilitation skil facility.
Assist in maintaining accountability of all badges issue, and in documenting all badge transactions within a SharePoint database.
Create PowerPoint presentations for departmental meetings and external marketing tools.
Calculate and submit technicians payroll information and track productivity efficiency of technicians.

Clerk's assistant/administrative assistant example responsibilities.

Manage and update social media outlets including Facebook and LinkedIn.
Reconcile claim and ACH payments.
Mail out/process ACH payments to vendors.
Assist with presentation set up and document distribution on HIPPA guidelines and regulations.
Prepare weekly payroll for all employees per week using QuickBooks and excel, payroll reports and customers invoices.
Prepare and create customer invoices utilizing QuickBooks.

Administrative services assistant vs clerk's assistant/administrative assistant skills

Common administrative services assistant skills

Customer Service, 14%
Data Entry, 7%
Home Health, 5%
Provides Administrative Support, 5%
Patients, 5%
PowerPoint, 5%

Common clerk's assistant/administrative assistant skills

Data Entry, 19%
Customer Service, 15%
Telephone Calls, 8%
Purchase Orders, 7%
Financial Reports, 4%
Front Desk, 4%

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