City collector vs account specialist

The differences between city collectors and account specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a city collector and an account specialist. Additionally, an account specialist has an average salary of $42,586, which is higher than the $33,093 average annual salary of a city collector.

The top three skills for a city collector include COC, outbound calls and payroll. The most important skills for an account specialist are customer service, patients, and account management.

City collector vs account specialist overview

	City Collector	Account Specialist
Yearly salary	$33,093	$42,586
Hourly rate	$15.91	$20.47
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	8,748	116,010
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 47%	Bachelor's Degree, 54%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	12	12

City collector vs account specialist salary

City collectors and account specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	City Collector	Account Specialist
Average salary	$33,093	$42,586
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $44,000	Between $28,000 And $62,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Virginia
Best paying company	-	Microsoft
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between city collector and account specialist education

There are a few differences between a city collector and an account specialist in terms of educational background:

	City Collector	Account Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 47%	Bachelor's Degree, 54%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

City collector vs account specialist demographics

Here are the differences between city collectors' and account specialists' demographics:

	City Collector	Account Specialist
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 39.3% Female, 60.7%	Male, 32.2% Female, 67.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.6% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 15.8% Asian, 3.8% White, 62.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 13.2% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 17.8% Asian, 3.7% White, 60.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between city collector and account specialist duties and responsibilities

City collector example responsibilities.

Prevent impeding loss and increasing profitability through negotiation and enforcement of schedule collection campaigns, consistently achieving high success standards.
Work with CACS every day.
Direct the management of the conversion of financial software for payroll and accounts receivable.
Reference COC vehicle information system for vehicle information on unpaid tickets.
Prevent impeding loss and increasing profitability through negotiation and enforcement of schedule collection campaigns, consistently achieving high success standards.
Utilize various skip-tracing services such as Accurint and TheWorkNumber in order to locate consumers and verify employment for account recovery purposes.

Account specialist example responsibilities.

Cultivate productive long-term relationships with all assign accounts, and manage all reporting and presentation needs for RFP's.
Manage a portfolio of accounts end to end RFP program execution inclusive of pricing, contracting, process and technology solutions.
Manage the daily correspondence from assign practices with keeping doctor/patient confidentiality under consideration along with HIPPA regulations.
Deliver exceptional customer service to hospital accounts and internal sales representatives in accordance to revenue recognition policies and HIPAA regulations.
Experience with CMS 1500 and UB-04 claims using HCPC/CPT codes as well as NDC codes
Monitor CMS and real time aux codes.

City collector vs account specialist skills

Common city collector skills

COC, 76%
Outbound Calls, 15%
Payroll, 9%

Common account specialist skills

Customer Service, 25%
Patients, 13%
Account Management, 6%
PowerPoint, 4%
Data Entry, 4%
Catheter, 3%