Marketing clerk vs front office assistant

The differences between marketing clerks and front office assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a marketing clerk and a front office assistant. Additionally, a marketing clerk has an average salary of $38,130, which is higher than the $32,913 average annual salary of a front office assistant.

The top three skills for a marketing clerk include customer service, database systems and purchase orders. The most important skills for a front office assistant are patients, customer service, and excellent interpersonal.

Marketing clerk vs front office assistant overview

	Marketing Clerk	Front Office Assistant
Yearly salary	$38,130	$32,913
Hourly rate	$18.33	$15.82
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	135,620	149,847
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 24%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	2	2

Marketing clerk vs front office assistant salary

Marketing clerks and front office assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Marketing Clerk	Front Office Assistant
Average salary	$38,130	$32,913
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $50,000	Between $26,000 And $40,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	University of California, Berkeley
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between marketing clerk and front office assistant education

There are a few differences between a marketing clerk and a front office assistant in terms of educational background:

	Marketing Clerk	Front Office Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 24%
Most common major	Business	Medical Assisting Services
Most common college	Western Carolina University	University of Pennsylvania

Marketing clerk vs front office assistant demographics

Here are the differences between marketing clerks' and front office assistants' demographics:

	Marketing Clerk	Front Office Assistant
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 22.3% Female, 77.7%	Male, 9.7% Female, 90.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 19.2% Asian, 9.1% White, 55.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 23.7% Asian, 7.5% White, 53.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between marketing clerk and front office assistant duties and responsibilities

Marketing clerk example responsibilities.

Work with QuickBooks to manage company financial activity.
Proofread all new issue design/sizes and monitor the website.
Create & give oral/visual PowerPoint presentations for programs & events.
Maintain cleanliness of the company warehouse, operate warehouse machinery and organize the warehouse to ensure proper product placement.
Count daily out of stocks using the Telxon handheld, and enter the information onto the Safeway intranet for ordering purposes.

Front office assistant example responsibilities.

Manage correspondence and documentation for OSHA compliance and hold some accounts payable responsibilities by coding invoices for processing and payment.
Ensure compliance with HIPAA and OSHA regulations to improve customer relations and promote favorable patient/physician interactions.
Download all transcription for the physicians and mail out letters and patient consults.
Utilize knowledge of ICD-9 and CPT coding by verifying explanation of benefits render to patient, for insurance purposes.
Collect co-pays, enter update demographics into EHR/EMR, enter ICD-9 and CPT codes as needed into patient records electronically
Verify insurance to include commercial and Medicaid.

Marketing clerk vs front office assistant skills

Common marketing clerk skills

Customer Service, 24%
Database Systems, 18%
Purchase Orders, 6%
Promotional Materials, 6%
PowerPoint, 5%
Adobe Photoshop, 3%

Common front office assistant skills

Patients, 21%
Customer Service, 9%
Excellent Interpersonal, 7%
Patient Demographics, 5%
Patient Care, 5%
Front Desk, 4%

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