Data storage specialist vs business administrator

The differences between data storage specialists and business 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 a business administrator. Additionally, a business administrator has an average salary of $72,503, 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 a business administrator are customer service, powerpoint, and payroll.

Data storage specialist vs business administrator overview

	Data Storage Specialist	Business Administrator
Yearly salary	$64,094	$72,503
Hourly rate	$30.81	$34.86
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	70,296	103,025
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Data storage specialist vs business administrator salary

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

	Data Storage Specialist	Business Administrator
Average salary	$64,094	$72,503
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $125,000	Between $45,000 And $114,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Novartis
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between data storage specialist and business administrator education

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

	Data Storage Specialist	Business Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	Stanford University

Data storage specialist vs business administrator demographics

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

	Data Storage Specialist	Business Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 79.6% Female, 20.4%	Male, 33.3% Female, 66.7%
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, 9.2% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% Asian, 8.7% White, 63.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between data storage specialist and business 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.

Business administrator example responsibilities.

Create and manage a repository of group presentations and documents.
Coordinate and schedule travel arrangements, PowerPoint presentations and conference room set up for all quarterly sales and department meetings.
Design many email templates by using html and used them in notifications in Helsinki and Istanbul versions.
Diagnose and troubleshoot PC hardware and software problems, remote access and printing issues for internal and external employees.
Develop and maintain departmental SharePoint site.
Experience building new SharePoint farm for MarkeSource organization.

Data storage specialist vs business administrator skills

Common data storage specialist skills

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

Common business administrator skills

Customer Service, 12%
PowerPoint, 7%
Payroll, 7%
Team Support, 7%
Financial Statements, 5%
Oversight, 4%

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