Mis administrator vs operations administrator

The differences between mis administrators and operations 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 operations administrator. Additionally, a mis administrator has an average salary of $63,939, which is higher than the $50,962 average annual salary of an operations administrator.

The top three skills for a mis administrator include customer service, database systems and PC. The most important skills for an operations administrator are various management, data entry, and clerical support.

Mis administrator vs operations administrator overview

	MIS Administrator	Operations Administrator
Yearly salary	$63,939	$50,962
Hourly rate	$30.74	$24.50
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	81,080	115,828
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 operations administrator salary

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

	MIS Administrator	Operations Administrator
Average salary	$63,939	$50,962
Salary range	Between $46,000 And $88,000	Between $31,000 And $83,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Ropes & Gray
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between mis administrator and operations administrator education

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

	MIS Administrator	Operations Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Mis administrator vs operations administrator demographics

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

	MIS Administrator	Operations Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 67.6% Female, 32.4%	Male, 34.8% Female, 65.2%
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, 9.1% 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 operations 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.

Operations administrator example responsibilities.

Manage online digital storefront operations using PDF file format and HTML.
Manage all aspects of desktop support for several hundr users on site and at remote locations.
Establish operating policies and procedures and attain SNF Medicare certification.
Write queries through mainframe using SQL in order to produce reports for internal/external partners.
Monitor printers and desktop's utilizing WebJet Admin for page count and toner activity.
Learned and maintain department operations and the SQL jobs and reports that run for the business.

Mis administrator vs operations administrator skills

Common mis administrator skills

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

Common operations administrator skills

Various Management, 15%
Data Entry, 9%
Clerical Support, 6%
Administrative Functions, 6%
Photocopying, 5%
Management Review, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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