Senior administrative secretary vs administrative aide

The differences between senior administrative secretaries and administrative aides can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a senior administrative secretary, becoming an administrative aide takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a senior administrative secretary has an average salary of $42,138, which is higher than the $38,714 average annual salary of an administrative aide.

The top three skills for a senior administrative secretary include patients, word processing and dictation. The most important skills for an administrative aide are customer service, word processing, and proofreading.

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative aide overview

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Aide
Yearly salary	$42,138	$38,714
Hourly rate	$20.26	$18.61
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	40,847	96,883
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 54%
Average age	49	50
Years of experience	4	2

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative aide salary

Senior administrative secretaries and administrative aides have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Aide
Average salary	$42,138	$38,714
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $57,000	Between $30,000 And $48,000
Highest paying City	-	Windsor, CT
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	Columbia University in the City of New York
Best paying industry	-	Utilities

Differences between senior administrative secretary and administrative aide education

There are a few differences between a senior administrative secretary and an administrative aide in terms of educational background:

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Aide
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 54%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina University

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative aide demographics

Here are the differences between senior administrative secretaries' and administrative aides' demographics:

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Aide
Average age	49	50
Gender ratio	Male, 4.8% Female, 95.2%	Male, 22.0% Female, 78.0%
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, 9.3% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.3% Asian, 3.8% White, 66.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	10%	6%

Differences between senior administrative secretary and administrative aide duties and responsibilities

Senior administrative secretary example responsibilities.

Manage and coordinate complex internal and external meetings and/or events via videoconferencing, WebEx and teleconference calls.
Prepare administrative payroll using Lawson.
Supervise student workers including payroll and scheduling.
Plan seamless door-to-door international itinerary logistics, and reconcile expenses requiring currency and language conversions in a fast pace environment
Increase employee productivity and engagement by implementing eRoom to maintain and share scientific documents.

Administrative aide example responsibilities.

Support medical doctors, manage sensitive and confidential records pertaining to high risk patients with emphasis on accuracy.
Job costing (normal), A/R.
Design charts for GBR-P and UEWR manuals using Powerpoint for the radar group.
Reconcile A/R and A/P; contact vendors and customers to resolve account discrepancies.
Design and prepare PowerPoint presentations.
Process payroll for the department maintaining accuracy on all documentation.

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative aide skills

Common senior administrative secretary skills

Patients, 25%
Word Processing, 16%
Dictation, 13%
IDX, 7%
Routine Correspondence, 5%
Travel Arrangements, 4%

Common administrative aide skills

Customer Service, 15%
Word Processing, 14%
Proofreading, 13%
Data Entry, 10%
Clerical Support, 6%
Database Management, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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