Attendance officer vs attendance clerk

The differences between attendance officers and attendance clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become an attendance officer, becoming an attendance clerk takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, an attendance officer has an average salary of $37,136, which is higher than the $32,608 average annual salary of an attendance clerk.

The top three skills for an attendance officer include law enforcement, court hearings and attendance problems. The most important skills for an attendance clerk are data entry, office equipment, and truancy.

Attendance officer vs attendance clerk overview

	Attendance Officer	Attendance Clerk
Yearly salary	$37,136	$32,608
Hourly rate	$17.85	$15.68
Growth rate	-	-5%
Number of jobs	55,661	97,733
Job satisfaction	5	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Average age	44	47
Years of experience	4	2

Attendance officer vs attendance clerk salary

Attendance officers and attendance clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Attendance Officer	Attendance Clerk
Average salary	$37,136	$32,608
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $50,000	Between $27,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	-	San Jose, CA
Highest paying state	-	Colorado
Best paying company	-	City of Tucson
Best paying industry	-	Education

Differences between attendance officer and attendance clerk education

There are a few differences between an attendance officer and an attendance clerk in terms of educational background:

	Attendance Officer	Attendance Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Most common major	Criminal Justice	Business
Most common college	California State University - Bakersfield	Western Carolina University

Attendance officer vs attendance clerk demographics

Here are the differences between attendance officers' and attendance clerks' demographics:

	Attendance Officer	Attendance Clerk
Average age	44	47
Gender ratio	Male, 39.2% Female, 60.8%	Male, 14.8% Female, 85.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 14.0% Unknown, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% Asian, 2.0% White, 61.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 10.0% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 24.5% Asian, 6.7% White, 53.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	10%	6%

Differences between attendance officer and attendance clerk duties and responsibilities

Attendance officer example responsibilities.

Manage significant DUI caseload to court-ordered and conditional probation completion.
Monitor, repair, update and purchase AED, CCTV, scanning and other devices.
Collaborate and coordinate care to enhance deficient life skills and promote overall community safety as part of the rehabilitation process.
Maintain records and reports of all contact with students, parents, city/state agencies and school personnel.
Go to houses and schools to talk to parents about their children or child who has been truant from school
Work with culturally diverse population and at-risk students to increase school attendance.

Attendance clerk example responsibilities.

Demonstrate strong math skills in managing inmate s accounts and calmly and effectively deescalating outbursts of belligerent inmates.
Work with PowerSchool, Microsoft excel, internet, word and PowerPoint.
Maintain and run daily attendance reports.
Create twice monthly PowerPoint's for upcoming school activities.
Record all transactions relative to attendance daily using AS400 software.
Perform venipuncture, EKG's, oxygen administration and glucose finger sticks.

Attendance officer vs attendance clerk skills

Common attendance officer skills

Law Enforcement, 20%
Court Hearings, 10%
Attendance Problems, 8%
Parent Conferences, 7%
Community Resources, 6%
Dropout, 5%

Common attendance clerk skills

Data Entry, 20%
Office Equipment, 9%
Truancy, 8%
Student Data, 6%
Word Processing, 6%
Attendance Issues, 5%