Mis specialist vs associate specialist

The differences between mis specialists and associate specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an associate specialist has an average salary of $93,288, which is higher than the $53,400 average annual salary of a mis specialist.

The top three skills for a mis specialist include technical support, software inventory and customer service. The most important skills for an associate specialist are windows, product knowledge, and phone calls.

Mis specialist vs associate specialist overview

	MIS Specialist	Associate Specialist
Yearly salary	$53,400	$93,288
Hourly rate	$25.67	$44.85
Growth rate	10%	-
Number of jobs	66,684	237,267
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 52%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Average age	42	41
Years of experience	2	-

Mis specialist vs associate specialist salary

Mis specialists and associate specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	MIS Specialist	Associate Specialist
Average salary	$53,400	$93,288
Salary range	Between $33,000 And $86,000	Between $64,000 And $135,000
Highest paying City	Sunnyvale, CA	Urban Honolulu, HI
Highest paying state	California	Hawaii
Best paying company	Aftermath Services	University of Hawaii Foundation
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	Technology

Differences between mis specialist and associate specialist education

There are a few differences between a mis specialist and an associate specialist in terms of educational background:

	MIS Specialist	Associate Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 52%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	-

Mis specialist vs associate specialist demographics

Here are the differences between mis specialists' and associate specialists' demographics:

	MIS Specialist	Associate Specialist
Average age	42	41
Gender ratio	Male, 61.6% Female, 38.4%	Male, 40.9% Female, 59.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% Asian, 13.9% White, 54.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 10.2% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.8% Asian, 8.3% White, 56.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	11%	7%

Differences between mis specialist and associate specialist duties and responsibilities

Mis specialist example responsibilities.

Lead effort to develop and maintain client's database by customizing existing computer information systems to support operating objectives.
Provide LAN support using Novell Netware.
Change control, firewalls, application proxies & DNS, DHCP, SNMP, patch panels, sniffers and scanners.
Implement LAN user space limit to prevent disk-full capacity situations.
Create HTML forms for the OnBase system that enable users to upload additional information.
Assist all PACS vendors throughout the organization for implementation, interfacing, circuits, vpn s, and connectivity.

Associate specialist example responsibilities.

Manage FDA regulate products requirements for ISO2000 quality assurance.
Manage coordination, implementation and installation of next generation telemarketing system, an nt-base, client server environment.
Implement SharePoint business practices for 10k end users.
Organize an update data find in CRM system.
Generate daily client correspondence as well as special CRM promotional letters.
Install new motors and run new conduit for new installs and repairs.

Mis specialist vs associate specialist skills

Common mis specialist skills

Technical Support, 26%
Software Inventory, 16%
Customer Service, 8%
Bar Code Readers, 8%
Access Database, 5%
SQL Server, 3%

Common associate specialist skills

Windows, 47%
Product Knowledge, 44%
Phone Calls, 1%
HR, 1%
Customer Service, 1%
Sales Floor, 0%