Admissions clerk vs clerk's assistant/administrative assistant

The differences between admissions clerks 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 admissions clerk and a clerk's assistant/administrative assistant. Additionally, a clerk's assistant/administrative assistant has an average salary of $33,551, which is higher than the $31,980 average annual salary of an admissions clerk.

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

Admissions clerk vs clerk's assistant/administrative assistant overview

	Admissions Clerk	Clerk's Assistant/Administrative Assistant
Yearly salary	$31,980	$33,551
Hourly rate	$15.38	$16.13
Growth rate	-5%	-8%
Number of jobs	123,555	54,831
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 29%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Average age	47	50
Years of experience	2	2

What does an admissions clerk do?

An admissions clerk caters to all incoming customers, applicants, or patients in a facility. Their primary job is to handle the personal data of those customers, applicants, or patients. They are responsible for communicating this data to their organization's faculty and management, as well as ensuring data security. On a secondary basis, an admissions clerk is responsible for addressing the needs or inquiries of the customers, applicants, or patients they serve. For this position, it is necessary to have strong customer service skills, strong communication skills, and strong problem-solving abilities.

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.

Admissions clerk vs clerk's assistant/administrative assistant salary

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

	Admissions Clerk	Clerk's Assistant/Administrative Assistant
Average salary	$31,980	$33,551
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $41,000	Between $27,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	-	Simi Valley, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	ADM
Best paying industry	-	Government

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

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

	Admissions Clerk	Clerk's Assistant/Administrative Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 29%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Western Carolina University

Admissions clerk vs clerk's assistant/administrative assistant demographics

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

	Admissions Clerk	Clerk's Assistant/Administrative Assistant
Average age	47	50
Gender ratio	Male, 12.7% Female, 87.3%	Male, 13.4% Female, 86.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.7% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 19.3% Asian, 7.0% White, 55.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	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 admissions clerk and clerk's assistant/administrative assistant duties and responsibilities

Admissions clerk example responsibilities.

Manage an adjoining veterinary supply shop that sell medications, animal food and pet equipment.
Register patients via ambulances and lobby registration.
Utilize ICD-9 and CPT-4 coding in admitting patients and pre-certifications/authorizations for admissions and procedures.
Interview incoming patients or representatives and enter information require for admission and emergency department registration into the computer.
Interpret institutes regulations and charges to patients and/or family members, obtaining necessary information and signatures where necessary.
Maintain communications with physicians' offices and unit secretaries/nursing coordinator to ensure bed placement of direct admissions and in-patient surgery candidates.

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.

Admissions clerk vs clerk's assistant/administrative assistant skills

Common admissions clerk skills

Patients, 42%
Data Entry, 7%
Customer Service, 4%
Insurance Forms, 3%
Computer System, 3%
Patient Demographics, 3%

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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