Inventory administrator vs inventory specialist

The differences between inventory administrators and inventory specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an inventory administrator has an average salary of $37,221, which is higher than the $35,752 average annual salary of an inventory specialist.

The top three skills for an inventory administrator include inventory control, cycle counts and purchase orders. The most important skills for an inventory specialist are customer service, sales floor, and reservations.

Inventory administrator vs inventory specialist overview

	Inventory Administrator	Inventory Specialist
Yearly salary	$37,221	$35,752
Hourly rate	$17.89	$17.19
Growth rate	-3%	1%
Number of jobs	69,241	161,107
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	High School Diploma, 33%
Average age	47	38
Years of experience	6	-

Inventory administrator vs inventory specialist salary

Inventory administrators and inventory specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Inventory Administrator	Inventory Specialist
Average salary	$37,221	$35,752
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $48,000	Between $25,000 And $49,000
Highest paying City	-	Boston, MA
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Ensign Energy
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between inventory administrator and inventory specialist education

There are a few differences between an inventory administrator and an inventory specialist in terms of educational background:

	Inventory Administrator	Inventory Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	High School Diploma, 33%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	California State University - Bakersfield	-

Inventory administrator vs inventory specialist demographics

Here are the differences between inventory administrators' and inventory specialists' demographics:

	Inventory Administrator	Inventory Specialist
Average age	47	38
Gender ratio	Male, 42.9% Female, 57.1%	Male, 58.9% Female, 41.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 18.7% Asian, 5.2% White, 61.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 10.2% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% Asian, 7.2% White, 57.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	8%	6%

Differences between inventory administrator and inventory specialist duties and responsibilities

Inventory administrator example responsibilities.

Manage, review, analyze, verify, and ship raw, stock, purchase, QA, and manufacture materials.
Provide assistance to various departments to troubleshoot inventory and promotion issues that require higher level consideration and knowledge.
Work with the sale representatives from individual companies to guarantee availability of prosthetics.

Inventory specialist example responsibilities.

Manage assign commodities by communicating MRP changes to the suppliers, minimizing obsolete inventory while achieving the optimum inventory targets.
Manage JDE ERP module for service department of finish goods for sale and field support.
Achieve establish average per hour (APH) counting goals while ensuring accuracy and integrity of the data collect.
Used WIS scanners to scan stock and download scanner information to computer.
Strategize to balance demand and delivery schedules due to expiration date of perishables.
Pick and pack any shipments for the customer and ship them through WMS application.

Inventory administrator vs inventory specialist skills

Common inventory administrator skills

Inventory Control, 13%
Cycle Counts, 10%
Purchase Orders, 9%
Customer Service, 7%
Inventory Transactions, 7%
Part Numbers, 7%

Common inventory specialist skills

Customer Service, 26%
Sales Floor, 9%
Reservations, 7%
Pallet Jack, 6%
Safety Standards, 5%
Strong Analytical, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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