Congressional aide vs clerk typist

The differences between congressional aides and clerks typist 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 a clerk typist. Additionally, a congressional aide has an average salary of $36,393, which is higher than the $31,746 average annual salary of a clerk typist.

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

Congressional aide vs clerk typist overview

	Congressional Aide	Clerk Typist
Yearly salary	$36,393	$31,746
Hourly rate	$17.50	$15.26
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	40,186	102,211
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Associate Degree, 29%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	2	2

Congressional aide vs clerk typist salary

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

	Congressional Aide	Clerk Typist
Average salary	$36,393	$31,746
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $61,000	Between $25,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	-	Saint Paul, MN
Highest paying state	-	Colorado
Best paying company	-	Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES
Best paying industry	-	Education

Differences between congressional aide and clerk typist education

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

	Congressional Aide	Clerk Typist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Associate Degree, 29%
Most common major	Political Science	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Western Carolina University

Congressional aide vs clerk typist demographics

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

	Congressional Aide	Clerk Typist
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 53.4% Female, 46.6%	Male, 8.8% Female, 91.2%
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, 10.4% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.7% Asian, 8.3% White, 55.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between congressional aide and clerk typist 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.

Clerk typist example responsibilities.

Manage orthopedic accounts regarding payment posting through IDX medical systems.
Have knowledge and access to NCIC.
Gain proficiency in electronic medical records (EMR) software.
Job duties also include chart creation and maintenance, and EMR systems.
Encode the finished product and save to computer and reproduce or hard files.
Type foreclosure deeds of trust, mortgage documents, liens, judgments, and various other foreclosure documents.

Congressional aide vs clerk typist skills

Common congressional aide skills

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

Common clerk typist skills

Data Entry, 14%
Customer Service, 12%
Telephone Calls, 10%
Payroll, 8%
Office Equipment, 5%
Clerical Support, 5%