Office assistant lead vs office administrator

The differences between office assistant leads and office administrators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become an office assistant lead, becoming an office administrator takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, an office administrator has an average salary of $37,423, which is higher than the $34,365 average annual salary of an office assistant lead.

The top three skills for an office assistant lead include patient care, patients and phone calls. The most important skills for an office administrator are customer service, patients, and data entry.

Office assistant lead vs office administrator overview

	Office Assistant Lead	Office Administrator
Yearly salary	$34,365	$37,423
Hourly rate	$16.52	$17.99
Growth rate	-8%	-5%
Number of jobs	40,113	118,096
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Average age	49	47
Years of experience	4	2

Office assistant lead vs office administrator salary

Office assistant leads and office administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Office Assistant Lead	Office Administrator
Average salary	$34,365	$37,423
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $42,000	Between $28,000 And $48,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between office assistant lead and office administrator education

There are a few differences between an office assistant lead and an office administrator in terms of educational background:

	Office Assistant Lead	Office Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Western Carolina University

Office assistant lead vs office administrator demographics

Here are the differences between office assistant leads' and office administrators' demographics:

	Office Assistant Lead	Office Administrator
Average age	49	47
Gender ratio	Male, 24.3% Female, 75.7%	Male, 14.7% Female, 85.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.6% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% Asian, 5.0% White, 71.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 20.5% Asian, 7.9% White, 55.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	10%	6%

Differences between office assistant lead and office administrator duties and responsibilities

Office assistant lead example responsibilities.

Prepare, manage and distribute substantial amount of complex government paperwork and Medicaid documents; manage and distribute mail to secretaries.
Create and present weekly think provoking PowerPoint presentations used for educating staff, medical students and briefing physicians on clinical findings.
Used QuickBooks on a daily basis to prepare and track checks for medical record reimbursements.
Provide support on how to effectively clean up A/R's, billing procedures, claim denials.

Office administrator example responsibilities.

Monitor calls, manage calendars, travel, meeting arrangements, video conference and teleconferencing.
Formulate various procedures to assure efficient operation of the SharePoint system is managed properly for CFWB and BOS.
Use EMR software to manage patient records and files; reinforce and uphold patient confidentiality as required by HIPAA and clinic.
Pull patients charts for doctors using EMR system as well as pulled chart from medical records room.
Create and update all departmental ISO documents.
Collect all outgoing FedEx overnight packages and ship with accurate tracking and conformation information.

Office assistant lead vs office administrator skills

Common office assistant lead skills

Patient Care, 25%
Patients, 16%
Phone Calls, 14%
Front Desk, 8%
Test Results, 5%
Vital Signs, 5%

Common office administrator skills

Customer Service, 18%
Patients, 11%
Data Entry, 8%
Office Equipment, 5%
Front Desk, 4%
PowerPoint, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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