Mis administrator vs systems administrator

The differences between mis administrators and 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 systems administrator. Additionally, a systems administrator has an average salary of $77,156, 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 systems administrator are linux, troubleshoot, and windows server.

Mis administrator vs systems administrator overview

	MIS Administrator	Systems Administrator
Yearly salary	$63,939	$77,156
Hourly rate	$30.74	$37.09
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	81,080	134,500
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Mis administrator vs systems administrator salary

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

	MIS Administrator	Systems Administrator
Average salary	$63,939	$77,156
Salary range	Between $46,000 And $88,000	Between $59,000 And $100,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between mis administrator and systems administrator education

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

	MIS Administrator	Systems Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mis administrator vs systems administrator demographics

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

	MIS Administrator	Systems Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 67.6% Female, 32.4%	Male, 83.9% Female, 16.1%
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, 11.5% White, 62.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between mis administrator and 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.

Systems administrator example responsibilities.

Used Jenkins to automate most of the build relate tasks.
Manage windows file servers, messaging, and SQL databases.
Lead the project which integrate internal DNS into the corporate LDAP infrastructure for end user host management prior to deployment.
Lead business-critical information security initiatives involving encryption of customer data.
Authore and maintain shell and Perl scripts to automate administration tasks for infrastructure management.
Configure & manage all switches and servers responsible for providing WLAN connectivity and authentication services.

Mis administrator vs systems administrator skills

Common mis administrator skills

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

Common systems administrator skills

Linux, 7%
Troubleshoot, 7%
Windows Server, 6%
Database, 5%
Technical Support, 4%
PowerShell, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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