Claims administrator vs domain administrator

The differences between claims administrators and domain administrators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a claims administrator, becoming a domain administrator takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a domain administrator has an average salary of $78,593, which is higher than the $36,432 average annual salary of a claims administrator.

The top three skills for a claims administrator include data entry, customer service and process claims. The most important skills for a domain administrator are windows server, DNS, and powershell.

Claims administrator vs domain administrator overview

	Claims Administrator	Domain Administrator
Yearly salary	$36,432	$78,593
Hourly rate	$17.52	$37.79
Growth rate	-3%	5%
Number of jobs	59,006	82,346
Job satisfaction	4	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	44	43
Years of experience	4	2

Claims administrator vs domain administrator salary

Claims administrators and domain administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Claims Administrator	Domain Administrator
Average salary	$36,432	$78,593
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $44,000	Between $55,000 And $112,000
Highest paying City	Reno, NV	-
Highest paying state	Connecticut	-
Best paying company	ABB	-
Best paying industry	Hospitality	-

Differences between claims administrator and domain administrator education

There are a few differences between a claims administrator and a domain administrator in terms of educational background:

	Claims Administrator	Domain Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	-	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Claims administrator vs domain administrator demographics

Here are the differences between claims administrators' and domain administrators' demographics:

	Claims Administrator	Domain Administrator
Average age	44	43
Gender ratio	Male, 28.9% Female, 71.1%	Male, 87.7% Female, 12.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.8% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 3.9% White, 63.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	11%	9%

Differences between claims administrator and domain administrator duties and responsibilities

Claims administrator example responsibilities.

Manage adding and removing vendors through claims automate system to ensure they are in compliance with IRS regulations.
Implement HIPAA regulations to protect patient privacy.
Adjudicate medical, commercial and Medicaid, claims.
Code medical records by following current ICD-9/ICD-10, CPT, and HCPCS standards.
Work with doctors, TPA, adjusters, attorneys, to maintain claim cost effectively.
Process various compensation benefits applications for veterans in compliance with organizational laws, federal laws, rules and regulations.

Domain administrator example responsibilities.

Install service packs and patches to client workstations and servers; manage off-peak hour backups.
Manage and ensure effectiveness of security solutions, including firewalls, anti-virus solutions, VPN and intrusion detection systems.
Lead enterprise-wide virtualization effort, overseeing and completing vendor/hardware qualifications, architecture/design, installation, configuration, migration and documentation.
Upgrade and troubleshoot hardware issues.
Support to six data centers for VMware and Microsoft support.
Virtualize all servers using VMWARE, reduce server count 7 to 1.

Claims administrator vs domain administrator skills

Common claims administrator skills

Data Entry, 12%
Customer Service, 9%
Process Claims, 8%
Phone Calls, 7%
HR, 5%
Insurance Claims, 5%

Common domain administrator skills

Windows Server, 14%
DNS, 6%
PowerShell, 6%
VMware, 5%
Linux, 4%
Troubleshoot, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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