Corporate assistant vs management assistant

The differences between corporate assistants and management assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a corporate assistant and a management assistant. Additionally, a management assistant has an average salary of $44,020, which is higher than the $39,658 average annual salary of a corporate assistant.

The top three skills for a corporate assistant include data entry, payroll and office equipment. The most important skills for a management assistant are patients, word processing, and customer satisfaction.

Corporate assistant vs management assistant overview

	Corporate Assistant	Management Assistant
Yearly salary	$39,658	$44,020
Hourly rate	$19.07	$21.16
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	60,186	107,324
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	2	2

What does a corporate assistant do?

Also known as executive assistants, corporate assistants serve as the point person for services and product teams. The assistants execute routine functions like drafting and sending correspondence, maintain files, and provide information. They maintain the stocks and inventory of office supplies in business enterprises. Their duties and responsibilities are similar to those of the secretary or administrative assistants. The skills they need include strategic planning, being detail-oriented, and time management.

What does a management assistant do?

A management assistant is responsible for organizing all clerical and administrative tasks in an organization by setting up appointments and meetings, updating records, writing reports, and preparing important documents. They can do multitasking and possess excellent communication and strong decision-making skills to be able to recruit and train sales associates, inventory monitoring, and ordering merchandise that is on-demand aside from conducting research about competitive products and analyzing customer behavior to meet customer expectations.

Corporate assistant vs management assistant salary

Corporate assistants and management assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Corporate Assistant	Management Assistant
Average salary	$39,658	$44,020
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $57,000	Between $30,000 And $62,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Nokia
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between corporate assistant and management assistant education

There are a few differences between a corporate assistant and a management assistant in terms of educational background:

	Corporate Assistant	Management Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina University

Corporate assistant vs management assistant demographics

Here are the differences between corporate assistants' and management assistants' demographics:

	Corporate Assistant	Management Assistant
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 24.5% Female, 75.5%	Male, 41.7% Female, 58.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.3% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.2% Asian, 3.8% White, 66.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 9.3% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.3% Asian, 3.8% White, 65.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between corporate assistant and management assistant duties and responsibilities

Corporate assistant example responsibilities.

Assist in drafting and revision of reports & presentations that include formatting documents, managing data and preparing PowerPoint presentations.
Manage and develop the daily clinical schedule for the in-patient rehabilitation staff taking into consideration Medicare guidelines and staffing ratios.
Obtain boardroom and corporate presentation experience, creating and presenting PowerPoint sales pitches to connect strategic partnerships.
Prepare discharges, enter all updates into OASAS system and review patient information to verify patients eligibility to receive transportation reimbursement.
Perform other clerical duties as needed, such as filing, photocopying, and collating.
Assist with various, relate clerical duties such as photocopying, faxing, filing and collating.

Management assistant example responsibilities.

Manage the operations for FOH and BOH facilities.
Develop management and leadership principles while managing, training, and motivating employees in fast-pace, high-volume sales/customer service business.
Work with HQ in resolving payroll, personnel, performance, conduct, EEO, congressional, and legal issues.
Used QuickBooks to facilitate small business accounting.
Receive and process visit requests through JPAS.
Start as cashier, learned the register POS system.

Corporate assistant vs management assistant skills

Common corporate assistant skills

Data Entry, 18%
Payroll, 10%
Office Equipment, 7%
Travel Arrangements, 6%
Financial Reports, 5%
Real Estate, 5%

Common management assistant skills

Patients, 13%
Word Processing, 12%
Customer Satisfaction, 11%
PowerPoint, 6%
Payroll, 6%
Statistical Data, 5%

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