Congressional aide vs administrative clerk

The differences between congressional aides and administrative clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a congressional aide and an administrative clerk. Additionally, a congressional aide has an average salary of $36,393, which is higher than the $32,327 average annual salary of an administrative clerk.

The top three skills for a congressional aide include veterans, press releases and federal government agencies. The most important skills for an administrative clerk are customer service, data entry, and patients.

Congressional aide vs administrative clerk overview

	Congressional Aide	Administrative Clerk
Yearly salary	$36,393	$32,327
Hourly rate	$17.50	$15.54
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	40,186	137,639
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	2	2

Congressional aide vs administrative clerk salary

Congressional aides and administrative clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Congressional Aide	Administrative Clerk
Average salary	$36,393	$32,327
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $61,000	Between $25,000 And $40,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Columbia University in the City of New York
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between congressional aide and administrative clerk education

There are a few differences between a congressional aide and an administrative clerk in terms of educational background:

	Congressional Aide	Administrative Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Most common major	Political Science	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Western Carolina University

Congressional aide vs administrative clerk demographics

Here are the differences between congressional aides' and administrative clerks' demographics:

	Congressional Aide	Administrative Clerk
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 53.4% Female, 46.6%	Male, 27.9% Female, 72.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.5% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 22.7% Asian, 8.4% White, 52.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 11.4% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 21.9% Asian, 8.3% White, 53.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between congressional aide and administrative clerk duties and responsibilities

Congressional aide example responsibilities.

Manage the editorial content, design and distribution of the representative's newsletter.
Organize large-scale community events, including senior health fairs, high school art competitions and veterans' resource fairs.
Provide constituent services, specializing in immigration and service to veterans, environmental issues, speech writing, maintain constituent records
Research developing legislation on agriculture and education policy, and participate in strategy discussions regarding caucus message and legislative action.
Verify and update exiting editorial content and write new editorial for revise statutes.

Administrative clerk example responsibilities.

Orchestrate special events and reservations; manage customer relations and provide exemplary service to all customers.
Assist teachers with GED packets for students.
Ship orders via customers freight line request (ex.
Schedule and administer the GED exam upon the completion of the inmate's profile.
Enter data in spreadsheets for reports, auction items, payroll and monthly utility accounts.
Process all DMV registration, titles, title flips and plates using CVR and TriVin programs.

Congressional aide vs administrative clerk skills

Common congressional aide skills

Veterans, 20%
Press Releases, 12%
Federal Government Agencies, 9%
Social Security Administration, 9%
Medicare, 8%
Citizenship, 7%

Common administrative clerk skills

Customer Service, 17%
Data Entry, 16%
Patients, 9%
Word Processing, 6%
Payroll Data, 5%
Database Systems, 4%

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