Mis administrator vs information technology administrator

The differences between mis administrators and information technology 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 information technology administrator. Additionally, an information technology administrator has an average salary of $73,195, which is higher than the $63,939 average annual salary of a mis administrator.

The top three skills for a mis administrator include customer service, database systems and PC. The most important skills for an information technology administrator are customer service, troubleshoot, and linux.

Mis administrator vs information technology administrator overview

	MIS Administrator	Information Technology Administrator
Yearly salary	$63,939	$73,195
Hourly rate	$30.74	$35.19
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	81,080	159,499
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Mis administrator vs information technology administrator salary

Mis administrators and information technology administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	MIS Administrator	Information Technology Administrator
Average salary	$63,939	$73,195
Salary range	Between $46,000 And $88,000	Between $50,000 And $105,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Databricks
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between mis administrator and information technology administrator education

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

	MIS Administrator	Information Technology Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Mis administrator vs information technology administrator demographics

Here are the differences between mis administrators' and information technology administrators' demographics:

	MIS Administrator	Information Technology Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 67.6% Female, 32.4%	Male, 81.6% Female, 18.4%
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, 9.1% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 9.8% White, 63.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between mis administrator and information technology 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.

Information technology administrator example responsibilities.

Define, document and project manage the implementation and configuration changes to HRIS applications.
Manage the migration from ADP to Lawson software; adapt HRIS to fit organizational needs.
Manage PC trainers and develop high quality internal instructor-le courses.
Manage host peripheral hardware including disk files and space utilization.
Manage and maintain corporate telecommunications and LAN; recommend repairs as needed.
Manage administration for SharePoint websites including account creation or modifying existing user accounts and site settings.

Mis administrator vs information technology administrator skills

Common mis administrator skills

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

Common information technology administrator skills

Customer Service, 10%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Linux, 5%
Database, 4%
VMware, 4%
Windows Server, 4%

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