Charter vs office specialist

The differences between charters and office specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an office specialist has an average salary of $33,477, which is higher than the $33,383 average annual salary of a charter.

The top three skills for a charter include strong customer service, mathematics and school programming. The most important skills for an office specialist are customer service, data entry, and patients.

Charter vs office specialist overview

	Charter	Office Specialist
Yearly salary	$33,383	$33,477
Hourly rate	$16.05	$16.09
Growth rate	1%	-5%
Number of jobs	1,051	98,760
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Average age	43	47
Years of experience	-	2

What does a charter do?

Charters are the people who observe horse races, describe race call outs, and record statistical data of the race to use for publication. They use a formula to compute race completion times for all except for winning horses. Their binoculars are used during a race to view distance markers along the tracks and call out the horses' numbers, positions, and related data for other workers to record. They must have good communication skills, computer skills, and a good understanding of the horse racing industry.

What does an office specialist do?

An office specialist is responsible for performing administrative and clerical duties to support the organization's daily operations. Office specialists must be highly organizational, as well as having excellent time-management skills to handle work units. They have duties including data entry procedures, greeting visitors, responding to customers' inquiries through phone calls and e-mails, and filing and sorting documents. Office specialists are responsible for creating meeting reports, scheduling appointments, evaluating financial statements, coordinating with other staff for event planning, and assisting the senior management with complex functions.

Charter vs office specialist salary

Charters and office specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Charter	Office Specialist
Average salary	$33,383	$33,477
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $51,000	Between $25,000 And $43,000
Highest paying City	Buffalo, NY	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	New York	Massachusetts
Best paying company	National Express	Brookhaven National Laboratory
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between charter and office specialist education

There are a few differences between a charter and an office specialist in terms of educational background:

	Charter	Office Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina University

Charter vs office specialist demographics

Here are the differences between charters' and office specialists' demographics:

	Charter	Office Specialist
Average age	43	47
Gender ratio	Male, 49.1% Female, 50.9%	Male, 18.3% Female, 81.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.3% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 18.1% Asian, 7.2% White, 56.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 8.1% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 19.8% Asian, 8.4% White, 57.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%
LGBT Percentage	7%	6%

Differences between charter and office specialist duties and responsibilities

Charter example responsibilities.

Train staff members on managing contacts, scheduling programs, and running analytic reports with the Salesforce program.
Gain in depth knowledge in all aspects of the private charter industry: FAA regulations, USCustoms, TSA, etc.
Install additional outlets, run drops.
Help serve customers by giving them internet and cable TV
Rewire houses, run new lines, educate customers how the products and services work.
Maintain the aircraft & crew schedules in compliance with FAA regulations including maintenance and training.

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Office specialist example responsibilities.

Provide support for enrolling patients into health coverage programs and manage sensitive patient information to ensure accuracy and confidentiality.
Manage and maintain patients' medical records by utilizing computer applications management database processing system to ensure county compliance.
Manage operational FedEx relationship through order fulfillment, shipment tracking, and communication with parties involve in shipment transaction.
Provide assistance to office staff including preparing and proofreading memos and grants, transcribing meeting minutes for staff and answering phones.
Perform multiple bookkeeping duties including departmental payroll, print financial reports and other financial material as needed.
Communicate HIPAA compliance to staff, field and outside agencies.

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Charter vs office specialist skills

Common charter skills

Strong Customer Service, 26%
Mathematics, 21%
School Programming, 11%
RAN, 5%
Social Studies, 5%
Classroom Management, 5%

Common office specialist skills

Customer Service, 18%
Data Entry, 10%
Patients, 9%
Office Equipment, 6%
Phone Calls, 6%
Word Processing, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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