Mis administrator vs network administrator

The differences between mis administrators and network 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 network administrator. Additionally, a network administrator has an average salary of $71,357, 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 a network administrator are switches, windows server, and troubleshoot.

Mis administrator vs network administrator overview

	MIS Administrator	Network Administrator
Yearly salary	$63,939	$71,357
Hourly rate	$30.74	$34.31
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	81,080	106,886
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 network administrator salary

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

	MIS Administrator	Network Administrator
Average salary	$63,939	$71,357
Salary range	Between $46,000 And $88,000	Between $56,000 And $90,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Google
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between mis administrator and network administrator education

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

	MIS Administrator	Network Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mis administrator vs network administrator demographics

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

	MIS Administrator	Network Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 67.6% Female, 32.4%	Male, 88.6% Female, 11.4%
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, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 9.6% White, 63.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between mis administrator and network 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.

Network administrator example responsibilities.

Lead and manage desktop standards project.
Manage backups using EMC Networker and Avamar.
Manage Solarwinds to monitor servers and networks for all locations.
Manage all provisioning and technical issues for new customer IP blocks.
Deploy and manage storage (windows file servers and NetApp NAS).
Manage all technology: Novell, Microsoft, Cisco, email, library, labs, dorms, programs

Mis administrator vs network administrator skills

Common mis administrator skills

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

Common network administrator skills

Switches, 7%
Windows Server, 6%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Network Hardware, 5%
Routers, 4%
Lan Wan, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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