Membership administrator vs account administrator

The differences between membership administrators and account administrators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a membership administrator has an average salary of $73,597, which is higher than the $40,149 average annual salary of an account administrator.

The top three skills for a membership administrator include customer service, salesforce and medicare. The most important skills for an account administrator are customer service, data entry, and financial statements.

Membership administrator vs account administrator overview

	Membership Administrator	Account Administrator
Yearly salary	$73,597	$40,149
Hourly rate	$35.38	$19.30
Growth rate	-8%	6%
Number of jobs	52,176	136,654
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	-	6

Membership administrator vs account administrator salary

Membership administrators and account administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Membership Administrator	Account Administrator
Average salary	$73,597	$40,149
Salary range	Between $52,000 And $103,000	Between $29,000 And $54,000
Highest paying City	-	Freeport, NY
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	AbbVie
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between membership administrator and account administrator education

There are a few differences between a membership administrator and an account administrator in terms of educational background:

	Membership Administrator	Account Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Membership administrator vs account administrator demographics

Here are the differences between membership administrators' and account administrators' demographics:

	Membership Administrator	Account Administrator
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 14.0% Female, 86.0%	Male, 29.4% Female, 70.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.6% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 8.9% White, 65.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 9.7% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.2% Asian, 5.3% White, 60.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	10%	8%

Differences between membership administrator and account administrator duties and responsibilities

Membership administrator example responsibilities.

Manage and execute the SharePoint business integration implementation project and become the corporate governance portal administrator.
Maintain database to facilitate payment reporting for Medicaid group account.
Maintain administrative oversight of all service delivery including, quantity and quality of service delivery within all programs in geographical region.
Provide benefit and advocacy information and enrollment services for AARP members.

Account administrator example responsibilities.

Manage all post-award management activities such as award processing, fund monitoring financial reporting and payroll reconciliation.
Post ACH bank deposits via company web portal and/or email remittances provide by the customers.
Assist conversion of the accounting system to an ERP system
Perform the task of verifying and sending the daily ACH origination files for bank customers.
Perform financial account management using QuickBooks.
Prepare monthly payroll and statutory tax deduction returns to the regulatory authorities.

Membership administrator vs account administrator skills

Common membership administrator skills

Customer Service, 27%
Salesforce, 17%
Medicare, 14%
Member Data, 5%
Group Administrators, 3%
Facets, 3%

Common account administrator skills

Customer Service, 25%
Data Entry, 10%
Financial Statements, 6%
Customer Inquiries, 5%
Computer System, 5%
Payroll, 5%

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