Mis administrator vs junior systems administrator

The differences between mis administrators and junior 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 a junior systems administrator. Additionally, a mis administrator has an average salary of $63,939, which is higher than the $62,225 average annual salary of a junior systems administrator.

The top three skills for a mis administrator include customer service, database systems and PC. The most important skills for a junior systems administrator are windows server, troubleshoot, and technical support.

Mis administrator vs junior systems administrator overview

	MIS Administrator	Junior Systems Administrator
Yearly salary	$63,939	$62,225
Hourly rate	$30.74	$29.92
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	81,080	154,134
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Mis administrator vs junior systems administrator salary

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

	MIS Administrator	Junior Systems Administrator
Average salary	$63,939	$62,225
Salary range	Between $46,000 And $88,000	Between $51,000 And $74,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Jacobs Engineering Group
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between mis administrator and junior systems administrator education

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

	MIS Administrator	Junior Systems Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Mis administrator vs junior systems administrator demographics

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

	MIS Administrator	Junior Systems Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 67.6% Female, 32.4%	Male, 88.4% Female, 11.6%
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, 8.6% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.3% Asian, 12.1% White, 61.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between mis administrator and junior 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.

Junior systems administrator example responsibilities.

Manage Linux servers, running primarily CentOS.
Manage customer accounts and cases in Salesforce.
Load and manage customer provide encryption files.
Create, run and manage server back-ups monthly.
Develop PowerShell scripts to revamp and automate server build process.
Maintain and manage windows 2012 R2 in a virtual environment.

Mis administrator vs junior systems administrator skills

Common mis administrator skills

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

Common junior systems administrator skills

Windows Server, 7%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Technical Support, 5%
System Administration, 5%
Switches, 5%
OS, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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