Administrative staff vs assistant manager

The differences between administrative staff 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 staff, becoming an assistant manager takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, an administrative staff has an average salary of $77,101, which is higher than the $39,127 average annual salary of an assistant manager.

The top three skills for an administrative staff include telephone calls, word processing and travel arrangements. The most important skills for an assistant manager are paperwork, cleanliness, and customer service.

Administrative staff vs assistant manager overview

	Administrative Staff	Assistant Manager
Yearly salary	$77,101	$39,127
Hourly rate	$37.07	$18.81
Growth rate	-8%	6%
Number of jobs	119,030	566,132
Job satisfaction	-	4.5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Average age	50	44
Years of experience	2	6

What does an administrative staff do?

As the administrative staff, they primarily provide administrative and secretarial support for the department. Typically, they do report-writing, filing and scheduling, and payroll. They plan department weekly meetings, schedule conference calls, and work on solving administrative related concerns and issues. They do a complex task that involves multi-tasking from the preparation of department reports, analyzing data, and finding solutions. It is a requirement to be an experienced, collaborator, and trained cross-functional communicator. Moreover, other duties will include scheduling company-initiated activities, meetings, and events.

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 staff vs assistant manager salary

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

	Administrative Staff	Assistant Manager
Average salary	$77,101	$39,127
Salary range	Between $58,000 And $101,000	Between $23,000 And $64,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	New York, NY
Highest paying state	California	New Jersey
Best paying company	NVIDIA	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Best paying industry	Professional	Finance

Differences between administrative staff and assistant manager education

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

	Administrative Staff	Assistant Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Georgia

Administrative staff vs assistant manager demographics

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

	Administrative Staff	Assistant Manager
Average age	50	44
Gender ratio	Male, 31.9% Female, 68.1%	Male, 42.0% Female, 58.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.2% Asian, 3.8% White, 66.2% 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 staff and assistant manager duties and responsibilities

Administrative staff example responsibilities.

Support medical doctors, manage sensitive and confidential records pertaining to high risk patients with emphasis on accuracy.
Prepare PowerPoint presentations for management distribution.
Maintain payroll information by collect, calculate and enter data.
Prepare briefing slides and presentation material using PowerPoint and Visio.
Maintain accounting statements, databases, and other financial information such as payroll coding and budget preparation
Provide cloud base customer relationship management with Salesforce for optimization in coordination of the workforce development program and other community orient events

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 staff vs assistant manager skills

Common administrative staff skills

Telephone Calls, 19%
Word Processing, 16%
Travel Arrangements, 7%
Payroll, 6%
Personnel Actions, 6%
Financial Reports, 5%

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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