Mis administrator vs assistant systems administrator

The differences between mis administrators and assistant systems administrators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a mis administrator and an assistant systems administrator. Additionally, a mis administrator has an average salary of $63,939, which is higher than the $40,777 average annual salary of an assistant systems administrator.

The top three skills for a mis administrator include customer service, database systems and PC. The most important skills for an assistant systems administrator are customer service, patients, and payroll.

Mis administrator vs assistant systems administrator overview

	MIS Administrator	Assistant Systems Administrator
Yearly salary	$63,939	$40,777
Hourly rate	$30.74	$19.60
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	81,080	104,311
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Mis administrator vs assistant systems administrator salary

Mis administrators and assistant systems administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	MIS Administrator	Assistant Systems Administrator
Average salary	$63,939	$40,777
Salary range	Between $46,000 And $88,000	Between $23,000 And $71,000
Highest paying City	-	Chico, CA
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	City of Los Angeles
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between mis administrator and assistant systems administrator education

There are a few differences between a mis administrator and an assistant systems administrator in terms of educational background:

	MIS Administrator	Assistant Systems Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Mis administrator vs assistant systems administrator demographics

Here are the differences between mis administrators' and assistant systems administrators' demographics:

	MIS Administrator	Assistant Systems Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 67.6% Female, 32.4%	Male, 38.6% Female, 61.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 9.6% White, 63.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 8.7% White, 64.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between mis administrator and assistant systems administrator duties and responsibilities

Mis administrator example responsibilities.

Lead enterprise-wide virtualization effort, overseeing and completing vendor/hardware qualifications, architecture/design, installation, configuration, migration and documentation.
Create, troubleshoot, and administer user accounts, network passwords.
Monitor EDI transactions, troubleshoot issues with file receipt, and extract data for reports as needed.
Support a 15 server Citrix XenApp 5.0 farm performing updates to the published application as well as patches to operating system.
Steer Citrix network operations supporting business critical financial applications for global investment management firm base in London, UK.
Perform troubleshooting and fault isolation on PCs, or relate system components in simple configurations in order to maintain system availability.

Assistant systems administrator example responsibilities.

Perform a wide variety of administrative tasks including managing daily schedules and interconnecting with other medical facilities and patients.
Monitor network connectivity, traffic, loads, and TCP/IP packet efficiency.
Work on Solaris volume manager to create file systems as per user and database requirements.
Maintain anti-virus software, remedy virus infections, and resolve hardware problems and technical issues.
Configure PCs, fax, printers, network, and internet for their small office.
Provide desktop support & user account administration on NT and Novell servers on a token ring network

Mis administrator vs assistant systems administrator skills

Common mis administrator skills

Customer Service, 18%
Database Systems, 10%
PC, 6%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Desktop Support, 5%
SQL Server, 5%

Common assistant systems administrator skills

Customer Service, 15%
Patients, 12%
Payroll, 7%
PowerPoint, 5%
Bed Facility, 5%
Human Resources, 5%

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