Congressional aide vs office administrator

The differences between congressional aides and office administrators 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 office administrator. Additionally, an office administrator has an average salary of $37,423, which is higher than the $36,393 average annual salary of a congressional aide.

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

Congressional aide vs office administrator overview

	Congressional Aide	Office Administrator
Yearly salary	$36,393	$37,423
Hourly rate	$17.50	$17.99
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	40,186	118,096
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	2	2

Congressional aide vs office administrator salary

Congressional aides and office administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Congressional Aide	Office Administrator
Average salary	$36,393	$37,423
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $61,000	Between $28,000 And $48,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between congressional aide and office administrator education

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

	Congressional Aide	Office Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Most common major	Political Science	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Western Carolina University

Congressional aide vs office administrator demographics

Here are the differences between congressional aides' and office administrators' demographics:

	Congressional Aide	Office Administrator
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 53.4% Female, 46.6%	Male, 14.7% Female, 85.3%
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, 10.1% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 20.5% Asian, 7.9% White, 55.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between congressional aide and office administrator 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.

Office administrator example responsibilities.

Monitor calls, manage calendars, travel, meeting arrangements, video conference and teleconferencing.
Formulate various procedures to assure efficient operation of the SharePoint system is managed properly for CFWB and BOS.
Use EMR software to manage patient records and files; reinforce and uphold patient confidentiality as required by HIPAA and clinic.
Pull patients charts for doctors using EMR system as well as pulled chart from medical records room.
Create and update all departmental ISO documents.
Collect all outgoing FedEx overnight packages and ship with accurate tracking and conformation information.

Congressional aide vs office administrator skills

Common congressional aide skills

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

Common office administrator skills

Customer Service, 18%
Patients, 11%
Data Entry, 8%
Office Equipment, 5%
Front Desk, 4%
PowerPoint, 3%

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