Infrastructure lead vs administrator

The differences between infrastructure leads 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 infrastructure lead and an administrator. Additionally, an infrastructure lead has an average salary of $118,378, which is higher than the $72,882 average annual salary of an administrator.

The top three skills for an infrastructure lead include cloud, architecture and AWS. The most important skills for an administrator are customer service, data entry, and troubleshoot.

Infrastructure lead vs administrator overview

	Infrastructure Lead	Administrator
Yearly salary	$118,378	$72,882
Hourly rate	$56.91	$35.04
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	50,358	67,553
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Infrastructure lead vs administrator salary

Infrastructure leads and administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Infrastructure Lead	Administrator
Average salary	$118,378	$72,882
Salary range	Between $85,000 And $163,000	Between $46,000 And $113,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	California	Washington
Best paying company	Thumbtack	Apple
Best paying industry	Insurance	Manufacturing

Differences between infrastructure lead and administrator education

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

	Infrastructure Lead	Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Infrastructure lead vs administrator demographics

Here are the differences between infrastructure leads' and administrators' demographics:

	Infrastructure Lead	Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 88.3% Female, 11.7%	Male, 36.0% Female, 64.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.8% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% Asian, 13.7% White, 61.6% 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 infrastructure lead and administrator duties and responsibilities

Infrastructure lead example responsibilities.

Manage and justify VDI with VMware view.
Manage vendor engagement for vmware consultation, design, and implementation.
Verse in configuring and managing Cisco routers, switches and VoIP networks.
Manage VPN solution (both appliance and Cisco router) with PKI for Verizon.
Manage security management system (SMS) integration projects for SPAWAR / DoD intelligence agencies.
Manage the successful delivery of new campus EMC storage, migrate from existing/older EMC hardware to newer hardware.

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

Infrastructure lead vs administrator skills

Common infrastructure lead skills

Cloud, 10%
Architecture, 8%
AWS, 5%
Linux, 5%
Project Management, 5%
Amazon Web Services, 5%

Common administrator skills

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