Congressional aide vs office clerk

The differences between congressional aides and office 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 office clerk. Additionally, a congressional aide has an average salary of $36,393, which is higher than the $30,927 average annual salary of an office clerk.

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

Congressional aide vs office clerk overview

	Congressional Aide	Office Clerk
Yearly salary	$36,393	$30,927
Hourly rate	$17.50	$14.87
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	40,186	106,497
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 32%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	2	2

Congressional aide vs office clerk salary

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

	Congressional Aide	Office Clerk
Average salary	$36,393	$30,927
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $61,000	Between $25,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	-	Englewood, CO
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	University of Massachusetts Boston
Best paying industry	-	Transportation

Differences between congressional aide and office clerk education

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

	Congressional Aide	Office Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 32%
Most common major	Political Science	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Western Carolina University

Congressional aide vs office clerk demographics

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

	Congressional Aide	Office Clerk
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 53.4% Female, 46.6%	Male, 23.3% Female, 76.7%
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, 9.9% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 23.7% Asian, 7.9% White, 53.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between congressional aide and office 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.

Office clerk example responsibilities.

Complete medical records requests as specified under HIPAA regulations.
Scan EOB's and attach to payments in software system.
Perform electronic billing of Medicare, Medicaid, and HMO/PPO submissions.
Follow all HIPAA guidelines and safety rules as required within the healthcare policy.
Perform account analysis on credit balance accounts using insurance explanation of benefit information (EOB).
Provide information about establishment, such as location of departments or offices, employees within the organization, or services provide.

Congressional aide vs office clerk skills

Common congressional aide skills

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

Common office clerk skills

Customer Service, 21%
Data Entry, 18%
Telephone Calls, 7%
Payroll, 5%
Office Equipment, 4%
Office Machines, 3%