Auction assistant vs billing assistant

The differences between auction assistants and billing assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both an auction assistant and a billing assistant. Additionally, an auction assistant has an average salary of $36,078, which is higher than the $33,745 average annual salary of a billing assistant.

The top three skills for an auction assistant include customer service, photography and estate sales. The most important skills for a billing assistant are patients, data entry, and medicaid.

Auction assistant vs billing assistant overview

	Auction Assistant	Billing Assistant
Yearly salary	$36,078	$33,745
Hourly rate	$17.35	$16.22
Growth rate	-8%	-3%
Number of jobs	26,460	34,070
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Average age	50	46
Years of experience	2	2

Auction assistant vs billing assistant salary

Auction assistants and billing assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Auction Assistant	Billing Assistant
Average salary	$36,078	$33,745
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $46,000	Between $27,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	-	Baltimore, MD
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	University of California, Berkeley
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between auction assistant and billing assistant education

There are a few differences between an auction assistant and a billing assistant in terms of educational background:

	Auction Assistant	Billing Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Stanford University

Auction assistant vs billing assistant demographics

Here are the differences between auction assistants' and billing assistants' demographics:

	Auction Assistant	Billing Assistant
Average age	50	46
Gender ratio	Male, 55.8% Female, 44.2%	Male, 14.2% Female, 85.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 3.9% White, 65.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 10.2% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 22.0% Asian, 6.8% White, 55.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	6%	7%

Differences between auction assistant and billing assistant duties and responsibilities

Auction assistant example responsibilities.

Manage SharePoint documentation for customers and vendor information.
Work arbitration counter during sale.
Enter titles into AS400 auction system and also process them when need.
Founder and operator of eBay action business to sell collectible items from clients and wholesale items.
Assist owner with Ebay listings for auction items, collectibles, artworks, and vintage items.
Assist in photography of auction items for marketing development

Billing assistant example responsibilities.

Manage all billing accounts including Medicare/Medicaid, HMO and individual accounts.
Post insurance payments, explain patient what the EOB is about, collect payments from patients.
Communicate annual contracting, CPT, and ICD-9 yearly changes to doctor's offices by creation of formal notification.
Experience with billing systems and practices with CPT coding, ICD-9, and usages of coding for productive billing.
Bill insurance companies using ICD-9 coding.
Used denial reason codes on paper & electronic EOB in EMR/EHR software to examine denials.

Auction assistant vs billing assistant skills

Common auction assistant skills

Customer Service, 41%
Photography, 14%
Estate Sales, 8%
Live Auctions, 5%
Windows, 5%
Antique Furniture, 5%

Common billing assistant skills

Patients, 21%
Data Entry, 11%
Medicaid, 5%
Patient Accounts, 4%
CPT, 3%
Front Desk, 3%