Advertising clerk vs order entry specialist

The differences between advertising clerks and order entry specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both an advertising clerk and an order entry specialist. Additionally, an order entry specialist has an average salary of $34,625, which is higher than the $23,672 average annual salary of an advertising clerk.

The top three skills for an advertising clerk include customer service, data entry and display ads. The most important skills for an order entry specialist are data entry, customer service, and purchase orders.

Advertising clerk vs order entry specialist overview

	Advertising Clerk	Order Entry Specialist
Yearly salary	$23,672	$34,625
Hourly rate	$11.38	$16.65
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	69,854	65,085
Job satisfaction	-	2
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Advertising clerk vs order entry specialist salary

Advertising clerks and order entry specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Advertising Clerk	Order Entry Specialist
Average salary	$23,672	$34,625
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $26,000	Between $28,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	-	Las Vegas, NV
Highest paying state	-	New Hampshire
Best paying company	-	Zynex Medical
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between advertising clerk and order entry specialist education

There are a few differences between an advertising clerk and an order entry specialist in terms of educational background:

	Advertising Clerk	Order Entry Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Advertising clerk vs order entry specialist demographics

Here are the differences between advertising clerks' and order entry specialists' demographics:

	Advertising Clerk	Order Entry Specialist
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 17.2% Female, 82.8%	Male, 21.0% Female, 79.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.5% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 5.9% White, 63.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 9.5% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 5.9% White, 63.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between advertising clerk and order entry specialist duties and responsibilities

Advertising clerk example responsibilities.

Demonstrate strong math skills in managing inmate s accounts and calmly and effectively deescalating outbursts of belligerent inmates.
Maintain cleanliness of the company warehouse, operate warehouse machinery and organize the warehouse to ensure proper product placement.
Process and post accounts receivables/accounts payables in QuickBooks.

Order entry specialist example responsibilities.

Manage escalations and expedites process in support of shorten interval requests.
Stock shelves, bag groceries, and gather carts while meeting customer needs.
Pull, pack and ship LTL's.
Send corporate orders invoicing through EDI system.
Verify tally sheets and work with LTL shipments.
Order doors, windows, moldings and hardware.

Advertising clerk vs order entry specialist skills

Common advertising clerk skills

Customer Service, 54%
Data Entry, 33%
Display ADS, 7%
Customer Accounts, 5%

Common order entry specialist skills

Data Entry, 28%
Customer Service, 13%
Purchase Orders, 11%
Customer Orders, 8%
Order Entry, 6%
Computer System, 3%

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