Clerical supervisor vs service supervisor

The differences between clerical supervisors and service supervisors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a clerical supervisor and a service supervisor. Additionally, a service supervisor has an average salary of $52,539, which is higher than the $42,408 average annual salary of a clerical supervisor.

The top three skills for a clerical supervisor include office procedures, scheduling appointments and customer service. The most important skills for a service supervisor are patients, cleanliness, and safety procedures.

Clerical supervisor vs service supervisor overview

	Clerical Supervisor	Service Supervisor
Yearly salary	$42,408	$52,539
Hourly rate	$20.39	$25.26
Growth rate	-5%	6%
Number of jobs	26,413	77,954
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	6	6

Clerical supervisor vs service supervisor salary

Clerical supervisors and service supervisors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Clerical Supervisor	Service Supervisor
Average salary	$42,408	$52,539
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $54,000	Between $34,000 And $80,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between clerical supervisor and service supervisor education

There are a few differences between a clerical supervisor and a service supervisor in terms of educational background:

	Clerical Supervisor	Service Supervisor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	California State University - Bakersfield	California State University - Bakersfield

Clerical supervisor vs service supervisor demographics

Here are the differences between clerical supervisors' and service supervisors' demographics:

	Clerical Supervisor	Service Supervisor
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 12.9% Female, 87.1%	Male, 54.1% Female, 45.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.7% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 18.7% Asian, 5.2% White, 61.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 9.9% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% Asian, 5.3% White, 60.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between clerical supervisor and service supervisor duties and responsibilities

Clerical supervisor example responsibilities.

Manage all front end operations in accordance with HRA, agency policies, and HIPAA guidelines.
Interact with clients and manage client relationships, including escalate issues; team with executive leadership regarding strategy and operations.
Maintain accurate medical records and meet HIPAA compliance.
Assist in payroll process including generating reports.
Organize logistics of team marketing events and develop and maintain team marketing materials.
Provide leadership, oversight, quality performance and work scheduling for distribution mechanics and construction laborers repair work and personnel.

Service supervisor example responsibilities.

Manage migrations from in-house to third party to SharePoint (SPS/WSS/CMS) architectures.
Monitor integration orders and product allocation, insuring the department's SLA's are achieved.
Manage night and day sort for DHL with routes run by union couriers and independent contract couriers.
Handle print queue issues, manage PC loaner program, and manage the PC refresh for the office.
Manage the rig up, pumping, and rig down of high pressure and high rate frac jobs.
Manage major plastic injection mold tool refurbishment and part bank build program for the top selling A/C recovery unit.

Clerical supervisor vs service supervisor skills

Common clerical supervisor skills

Office Procedures, 15%
Scheduling Appointments, 13%
Customer Service, 11%
Direct Supervision, 10%
Payroll, 7%
Clerical Support, 4%

Common service supervisor skills

Patients, 11%
Cleanliness, 7%
Safety Procedures, 6%
Patient Care, 5%
Direct Supervision, 5%
Professional Development, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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