Domain administrator vs site administrator

The differences between domain administrators and site 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 domain administrator and a site administrator. Additionally, a domain administrator has an average salary of $78,593, which is higher than the $31,725 average annual salary of a site administrator.

The top three skills for a domain administrator include windows server, DNS and powershell. The most important skills for a site administrator are customer service, patients, and windows.

Domain administrator vs site administrator overview

	Domain Administrator	Site Administrator
Yearly salary	$78,593	$31,725
Hourly rate	$37.79	$15.25
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	82,346	66,357
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Domain administrator vs site administrator salary

Domain administrators and site administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Domain Administrator	Site Administrator
Average salary	$78,593	$31,725
Salary range	Between $55,000 And $112,000	Between $17,000 And $56,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Morgan Stanley
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between domain administrator and site administrator education

There are a few differences between a domain administrator and a site administrator in terms of educational background:

	Domain Administrator	Site Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Stanford University

Domain administrator vs site administrator demographics

Here are the differences between domain administrators' and site administrators' demographics:

	Domain Administrator	Site Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 87.7% Female, 12.3%	Male, 42.8% Female, 57.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between domain administrator and site administrator duties and responsibilities

Domain administrator example responsibilities.

Install service packs and patches to client workstations and servers; manage off-peak hour backups.
Manage and ensure effectiveness of security solutions, including firewalls, anti-virus solutions, VPN and intrusion detection systems.
Lead enterprise-wide virtualization effort, overseeing and completing vendor/hardware qualifications, architecture/design, installation, configuration, migration and documentation.
Upgrade and troubleshoot hardware issues.
Support to six data centers for VMware and Microsoft support.
Virtualize all servers using VMWARE, reduce server count 7 to 1.

Site administrator example responsibilities.

Manage the billing and collection of patient accounts dealing with commercial insurance, worker's compensation, and self pay patients.
Manage the data migration from SharePoint 2007 to 2010 and ensure all documents files and customize code are present and functional.
Create and manage a repository of group presentations and documents.
Work through Microsoft excels spreadsheets, word, and PowerPoint.
Leverage industry knowledge to ensure full compliance with JCAHO, Texas Medicaid, and federal Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Process and maintain accurate payroll records.

Domain administrator vs site administrator skills

Common domain administrator skills

Windows Server, 14%
DNS, 6%
PowerShell, 6%
VMware, 5%
Linux, 4%
Troubleshoot, 4%

Common site administrator skills

Customer Service, 14%
Patients, 9%
Windows, 5%
Payroll, 5%
Data Entry, 5%
PowerPoint, 4%

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