Exchange engineer vs administrator

The differences between exchange engineers 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 an exchange engineer and an administrator. Additionally, an exchange engineer has an average salary of $100,373, which is higher than the $72,882 average annual salary of an administrator.

The top three skills for an exchange engineer include powershell, O365 and azure. The most important skills for an administrator are customer service, data entry, and troubleshoot.

Exchange engineer vs administrator overview

	Exchange Engineer	Administrator
Yearly salary	$100,373	$72,882
Hourly rate	$48.26	$35.04
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	52,693	67,553
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Exchange engineer vs administrator salary

Exchange engineers and administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Exchange Engineer	Administrator
Average salary	$100,373	$72,882
Salary range	Between $75,000 And $132,000	Between $46,000 And $113,000
Highest paying City	Newark, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Oregon	Washington
Best paying company	Pwc	Apple
Best paying industry	Government	Manufacturing

Differences between exchange engineer and administrator education

There are a few differences between an exchange engineer and an administrator in terms of educational background:

	Exchange Engineer	Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	-	University of Pennsylvania

Exchange engineer vs administrator demographics

Here are the differences between exchange engineers' and administrators' demographics:

	Exchange Engineer	Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 87.6% Female, 12.4%	Male, 36.0% Female, 64.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 10.7% White, 62.0% 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 exchange engineer and administrator duties and responsibilities

Exchange engineer example responsibilities.

Manage sites, trusts, replication and all active directory GPO issues.
Create PowerShell script to automate ActiveSync policy deployment.
Work with Sharepoint department to troubleshoot email issues.
Add new UPN suffix and appropriate DNS records.
Monitor and stabilize the environment in co-existence with SCOM.
Test user functionality from the cloud to on premise resources.

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

Exchange engineer vs administrator skills

Common exchange engineer skills

PowerShell, 12%
O365, 8%
Azure, 6%
Skype, 6%
Cloud, 6%
Microsoft Exchange, 5%

Common administrator skills

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