Brands assistant vs billing assistant

The differences between brands 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 a brands assistant and a billing assistant. Additionally, a brands assistant has an average salary of $42,884, which is higher than the $33,745 average annual salary of a billing assistant.

The top three skills for a brands assistant include brand management, calendar management and market research. The most important skills for a billing assistant are patients, data entry, and medicaid.

Brands assistant vs billing assistant overview

	Brands Assistant	Billing Assistant
Yearly salary	$42,884	$33,745
Hourly rate	$20.62	$16.22
Growth rate	-8%	-3%
Number of jobs	26,346	34,070
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 77%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Average age	50	46
Years of experience	2	2

Brands assistant vs billing assistant salary

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

	Brands Assistant	Billing Assistant
Average salary	$42,884	$33,745
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $61,000	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 brands assistant and billing assistant education

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

	Brands Assistant	Billing Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 77%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Brands assistant vs billing assistant demographics

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

	Brands Assistant	Billing Assistant
Average age	50	46
Gender ratio	Male, 39.7% Female, 60.3%	Male, 14.2% Female, 85.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 3.8% White, 65.8% 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 brands assistant and billing assistant duties and responsibilities

Brands assistant example responsibilities.

Process daily accounting including reconciliation of payable accounts, tracking and managing inventory through QuickBooks.
Develop and execute promotional events in POS (UTT and DTT).
Create PowerPoint presentations for customers' promotions and presenting new product lines.
Provide technical and administrative support for all department employees including personnel and corporate policy records and payroll inquiries.
Develop and execute a new product offerings which contribute to surpassing of ROI growth goals.
Compile target market attitude, behaviour and time spend online using MRI and Comscore to inform optimal digital media plans

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.

Brands assistant vs billing assistant skills

Common brands assistant skills

Brand Management, 21%
Calendar Management, 8%
Market Research, 7%
Expense Reports, 6%
Market Trends, 5%
Photo Shoots, 5%

Common billing assistant skills

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