Database assistant vs billing assistant

The differences between database assistants and billing 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 database assistant and a billing assistant. Additionally, a database assistant has an average salary of $39,361, which is higher than the $33,745 average annual salary of a billing assistant.

The top three skills for a database assistant include data entry, database management and data collection. The most important skills for a billing assistant are patients, data entry, and medicaid.

Database assistant vs billing assistant overview

	Database Assistant	Billing Assistant
Yearly salary	$39,361	$33,745
Hourly rate	$18.92	$16.22
Growth rate	-8%	-3%
Number of jobs	36,459	34,070
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Average age	50	46
Years of experience	2	2

Database assistant vs billing assistant salary

Database assistants and billing assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Database Assistant	Billing Assistant
Average salary	$39,361	$33,745
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $52,000	Between $27,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	Richmond, CA	Baltimore, MD
Highest paying state	Alaska	Washington
Best paying company	UMass Memorial Health	University of California, Berkeley
Best paying industry	Media	Technology

Differences between database assistant and billing assistant education

There are a few differences between a database assistant and a billing assistant in terms of educational background:

	Database Assistant	Billing Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Database assistant vs billing assistant demographics

Here are the differences between database assistants' and billing assistants' demographics:

	Database Assistant	Billing Assistant
Average age	50	46
Gender ratio	Male, 39.2% Female, 60.8%	Male, 14.2% Female, 85.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.1% Asian, 3.8% White, 66.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 10.2% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 22.0% Asian, 6.8% White, 55.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	6%	7%

Differences between database assistant and billing assistant duties and responsibilities

Database assistant example responsibilities.

Manage company credit card expenses by assigning accounts to each charge and making appropriate entries in QuickBooks.
Create visual layout for PowerPoint presentation.
Develop GIS resources to support day-to-day work.
Review and carry out DB2 full backup (online/offline).
Work on designing web base front end using HTML and PHP in notepad++.
Design the forms from template, link HTML to products, database cleansing, and import product data.

Billing assistant example responsibilities.

Manage all billing accounts including Medicare/Medicaid, HMO and individual accounts.
Post insurance payments, explain patient what the EOB is about, collect payments from patients.
Communicate annual contracting, CPT, and ICD-9 yearly changes to doctor's offices by creation of formal notification.
Experience with billing systems and practices with CPT coding, ICD-9, and usages of coding for productive billing.
Bill insurance companies using ICD-9 coding.
Used denial reason codes on paper & electronic EOB in EMR/EHR software to examine denials.

Database assistant vs billing assistant skills

Common database assistant skills

Data Entry, 24%
Database Management, 12%
Data Collection, 7%
Online Database, 6%
Database Systems, 6%
Technical Assistance, 5%

Common billing assistant skills

Patients, 21%
Data Entry, 11%
Medicaid, 5%
Patient Accounts, 4%
CPT, 3%
Front Desk, 3%