Mis administrator vs maintenance administrator

The differences between mis administrators and maintenance 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 maintenance administrator. Additionally, a mis administrator has an average salary of $63,939, which is higher than the $39,393 average annual salary of a maintenance administrator.

The top three skills for a mis administrator include customer service, database systems and PC. The most important skills for a maintenance administrator are preventative maintenance, data entry, and customer service.

Mis administrator vs maintenance administrator overview

	MIS Administrator	Maintenance Administrator
Yearly salary	$63,939	$39,393
Hourly rate	$30.74	$18.94
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	81,080	107,366
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Mis administrator vs maintenance administrator salary

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

	MIS Administrator	Maintenance Administrator
Average salary	$63,939	$39,393
Salary range	Between $46,000 And $88,000	Between $26,000 And $58,000
Highest paying City	-	South San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Westinghouse Appliances Australia
Best paying industry	-	Retail

Differences between mis administrator and maintenance administrator education

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

	MIS Administrator	Maintenance Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Mis administrator vs maintenance administrator demographics

Here are the differences between mis administrators' and maintenance administrators' demographics:

	MIS Administrator	Maintenance Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 67.6% Female, 32.4%	Male, 44.8% Female, 55.2%
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, 9.2% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% Asian, 8.7% White, 63.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between mis administrator and maintenance 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.

Maintenance administrator example responsibilities.

Create users and manage SCO Unix and Termlite software.
Manage DHCP, WSUS, WDS, Antivirus and backup servers in the corporate network
Perform a wide variety of administrative tasks including managing daily schedules and interconnecting with other medical facilities and patients.
Work in LMOS, MLT, WFADO databases.
Perform tests using MLT and other testing mechanisms.
Interface system to existing mainframe with TCP/IP, FTP.

Mis administrator vs maintenance administrator skills

Common mis administrator skills

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

Common maintenance administrator skills

Preventative Maintenance, 14%
Data Entry, 12%
Customer Service, 12%
PowerPoint, 8%
Plumbing, 7%
Computer System, 7%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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