Advertising clerk vs order specialist

The differences between advertising clerks and order 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 specialist. Additionally, an order specialist has an average salary of $35,107, 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 specialist are order entry, purchase orders, and data entry.

Advertising clerk vs order specialist overview

	Advertising Clerk	Order Specialist
Yearly salary	$23,672	$35,107
Hourly rate	$11.38	$16.88
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	69,854	193,329
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Advertising clerk vs order specialist salary

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

	Advertising Clerk	Order Specialist
Average salary	$23,672	$35,107
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $26,000	Between $26,000 And $46,000
Highest paying City	-	Cranston, RI
Highest paying state	-	New Hampshire
Best paying company	-	Chemonics
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between advertising clerk and order specialist education

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

	Advertising Clerk	Order Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Advertising clerk vs order specialist demographics

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

	Advertising Clerk	Order Specialist
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 17.2% Female, 82.8%	Male, 34.8% Female, 65.2%
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 specialist duties and responsibilities

Advertising clerk example responsibilities.

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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 specialist example responsibilities.

Manage escalations and expedites process in support of shorten interval requests.
Provide information to prospective clients regarding ADP's products and services.
Work with clients, sales staff and service department to ensure a smooth transition to ADP services.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including logistics, direct imports, global sourcing, and transportation to provide accurate product distribution.
Coordinate with provisioning for lease facilities and number portability.
Provide provisioning support/work order management and guidance to clients VOIP customers.

Advertising clerk vs order specialist skills

Common advertising clerk skills

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

Common order specialist skills

Order Entry, 15%
Purchase Orders, 11%
Data Entry, 10%
Logistics, 8%
Customer Orders, 7%
Troubleshoot, 3%