Data storage specialist vs administrator

The differences between data storage specialists and 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 data storage specialist and an administrator. Additionally, an administrator has an average salary of $72,882, which is higher than the $64,094 average annual salary of a data storage specialist.

The top three skills for a data storage specialist include data storage, architecture and performance issues. The most important skills for an administrator are customer service, data entry, and troubleshoot.

Data storage specialist vs administrator overview

	Data Storage Specialist	Administrator
Yearly salary	$64,094	$72,882
Hourly rate	$30.81	$35.04
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	70,296	67,553
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Data storage specialist vs administrator salary

Data storage specialists and administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Data Storage Specialist	Administrator
Average salary	$64,094	$72,882
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $125,000	Between $46,000 And $113,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between data storage specialist and administrator education

There are a few differences between a data storage specialist and an administrator in terms of educational background:

	Data Storage Specialist	Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	University of Pennsylvania

Data storage specialist vs administrator demographics

Here are the differences between data storage specialists' and administrators' demographics:

	Data Storage Specialist	Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 79.6% Female, 20.4%	Male, 36.0% Female, 64.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.6% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.3% Asian, 11.1% White, 62.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between data storage specialist and administrator duties and responsibilities

Data storage specialist example responsibilities.

Deploy and manage EMC CLARiiON storage system.
Engage in managing SnapMirror performance management, fine-tuning.
Live host migrations (HP-UX / AIX / Linux) across arrays and switches.
Work with storage provisioning on VMAX, DMX-3, DMX-4 using SYMCLI, SMC, CLARiiON CX4-960 storage arrays using Unisphere.
Configure and allocate storage on EMC VMAX, DMX-4 / DMX-3, using SYMCLI, Unisphere.
Verify iscsi group and check the authentication.

Administrator example responsibilities.

Develop a Perl script to manage the LDAP schema.
Hire and manage all receptionists and assistant MCA's.
Used all tools of Java stack in supporting and managing it.
Manage and process product orders on windows base on-line computer network system.
Manage ADP time system for technicians and approve time-off requests, supporting management.
Manage professional staff of 9 (including 5 MDs) and support staff of 10

Data storage specialist vs administrator skills

Common data storage specialist skills

Data Storage, 16%
Architecture, 10%
Performance Issues, 9%
EMC, 9%
Capacity Planning, 8%
Provisioning, 7%

Common administrator skills

Customer Service, 18%
Data Entry, 7%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Payroll, 6%
Financial Reports, 4%
Oversight, 4%

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