Mis director vs information technology manager

The differences between mis directors and information technology managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-8 years to become both a mis director and an information technology manager. Additionally, an information technology manager has an average salary of $119,589, which is higher than the $90,708 average annual salary of a mis director.

The top three skills for a mis director include customer service, data entry and windows server. The most important skills for an information technology manager are customer service, project management, and database.

Mis director vs information technology manager overview

	MIS Director	Information Technology Manager
Yearly salary	$90,708	$119,589
Hourly rate	$43.61	$57.49
Growth rate	16%	16%
Number of jobs	24,197	108,179
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	8	8

Mis director vs information technology manager salary

Mis directors and information technology managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	MIS Director	Information Technology Manager
Average salary	$90,708	$119,589
Salary range	Between $64,000 And $127,000	Between $84,000 And $169,000
Highest paying City	-	Richmond, CA
Highest paying state	-	New Hampshire
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between mis director and information technology manager education

There are a few differences between a mis director and an information technology manager in terms of educational background:

	MIS Director	Information Technology Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	Carnegie Mellon University

Mis director vs information technology manager demographics

Here are the differences between mis directors' and information technology managers' demographics:

	MIS Director	Information Technology Manager
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 83.3% Female, 16.7%	Male, 84.5% Female, 15.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.6% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% Asian, 12.7% White, 65.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 6.6% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% Asian, 12.7% White, 65.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between mis director and information technology manager duties and responsibilities

Mis director example responsibilities.

Design, configure and manage installation of new Ethernet LAN for new facility.
Upgrade switches on each floor to manage Gigabit with POE for future VOIP.
Implement and manage technologies to reduce overall costs in hardware, power and licensing by consolidating into VMware virtualize servers.
Lead company from 24 stand-alone PCs to a network of 150+ PCs connect through 4 locations with share resources and e-mail.
Improve corporate communication by managing development project for Microsoft SharePoint Intranet.
Manage all aspects of information technology including database management, network information services, troubleshoot system applications, etc.

Information technology manager example responsibilities.

Manage all systems onboarding & offboarding of all employees, manage all account access on all company systems & equipment setup.
Manage NFS mounts from NAS devices and setup auto-mounts for the server farm.
Manage applications support for Lawson, Meditech, ChartMaxx and McKesson PACs system.
Negotiate and manage the company through several Telecom agreements for voice, data and wireless.
Manage production turnovers by conducting performance tests, and reviewing SQL coding standards and methods.
Manage 3rd party vendors supporting legacy 3Com, Avaya, Nortel, and Cisco platforms.

Mis director vs information technology manager skills

Common mis director skills

Customer Service, 13%
Data Entry, 9%
Windows Server, 9%
PC, 6%
Unix, 4%
SQL Server, 4%

Common information technology manager skills

Customer Service, 12%
Project Management, 9%
Database, 4%
Network Infrastructure, 4%
SAN, 3%
SQL Server, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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