Executive administrator vs lead administrator

The differences between executive administrators and lead administrators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become an executive administrator, becoming a lead administrator takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a lead administrator has an average salary of $94,444, which is higher than the $52,855 average annual salary of an executive administrator.

The top three skills for an executive administrator include powerpoint, customer service and expense reports. The most important skills for a lead administrator are payroll, office equipment, and expense reports.

Executive administrator vs lead administrator overview

	Executive Administrator	Lead Administrator
Yearly salary	$52,855	$94,444
Hourly rate	$25.41	$45.41
Growth rate	-8%	5%
Number of jobs	141,235	57,229
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	49	43
Years of experience	4	2

What does an executive administrator do?

An executive administrator is responsible for assisting the senior management staff in planning strategies and analyzing business decisions to achieve the company's goals and objectives. Executive administrators schedule meetings and handle appointments, as well as helping with the implementation of training and programs for the employees to reach their maximum operational potential and increase productivity to meet projects' demands and ensure the highest customer satisfaction. They must have exceptional time-management and organizational skills, especially on performing administrative and clerical duties as needed, as well as excellent communication skills to respond to clients' inquiries, concerns, and requests.

What does a lead administrator do?

Lead administrators are information technology (IT) professionals who are responsible for managing and troubleshooting departmental computer operations of an organization. These IT professionals must manage and approve access to their online score data as well as create new users directly in the portal to allow access to the score data. They manage the office supplies of the organization while processing salary management and executive payroll every month. Lead administrators must also coordinate with technicians for hardware, printer, and cabling repairs.

Executive administrator vs lead administrator salary

Executive administrators and lead administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Executive Administrator	Lead Administrator
Average salary	$52,855	$94,444
Salary range	Between $35,000 And $77,000	Between $63,000 And $141,000
Highest paying City	Seattle, WA	Richmond, CA
Highest paying state	New York	Oregon
Best paying company	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Koch Industries
Best paying industry	Technology	Finance

Differences between executive administrator and lead administrator education

There are a few differences between an executive administrator and a lead administrator in terms of educational background:

	Executive Administrator	Lead Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Stanford University

Executive administrator vs lead administrator demographics

Here are the differences between executive administrators' and lead administrators' demographics:

	Executive Administrator	Lead Administrator
Average age	49	43
Gender ratio	Male, 14.8% Female, 85.2%	Male, 37.2% Female, 62.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.6% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% Asian, 5.0% White, 71.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.9% Asian, 9.5% White, 63.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	10%	9%

Differences between executive administrator and lead administrator duties and responsibilities

Executive administrator example responsibilities.

Manage grant funding from NIH, HRSA, and private foundations.
Manage on-site nursing services deliver to patients; oversee billing and supervise on-site personnel.
Manage day-to-day human resource functions: maintain HRIS database, conduct new employee orientation, and benefits administration.
Manage 200 staff personnel (145 FTE's), consisting of 15 classifications, two unions and exempt personnel.
Develop twitter marketing landing pages, manage and maintain social marketing sites, blogs, and constant contact marketing efforts.
Achieve JCAHO accreditation for ambulatory care facilities.

Lead administrator example responsibilities.

Manage and coordinate office operations and procedures to include payroll preparation, information management/filing systems, and supply requisitions.
Support and troubleshoot all claims questions and provide assistance with more advance issues.
Provide initiatives and suggestions for performance tuning of applications, script auto deployment plans, troubleshoot complex production issues.
Create and implement migration plans to new SharePoint environments.
Provide application training for company's custom provisioning application.
Implement SSO configuration and user provisioning on IDM environments.

Executive administrator vs lead administrator skills

Common executive administrator skills

PowerPoint, 10%
Customer Service, 9%
Expense Reports, 7%
Office Procedures, 6%
Payroll, 5%
Data Entry, 5%

Common lead administrator skills

Payroll, 10%
Office Equipment, 8%
Expense Reports, 6%
Windows, 6%
Data Entry, 5%
PowerPoint, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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