Senior administrative secretary vs administrative associate

The differences between senior administrative secretaries and administrative associates 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 associate takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a senior administrative secretary has an average salary of $42,138, which is higher than the $34,873 average annual salary of an administrative associate.

The top three skills for a senior administrative secretary include patients, word processing and dictation. The most important skills for an administrative associate are administrative tasks, purchase orders, and customer service.

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative associate overview

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Associate
Yearly salary	$42,138	$34,873
Hourly rate	$20.26	$16.77
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	40,847	54,499
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Average age	49	50
Years of experience	4	2

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative associate salary

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

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Associate
Average salary	$42,138	$34,873
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $57,000	Between $23,000 And $51,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Lord Abbett
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior administrative secretary and administrative associate education

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

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Associate
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina University

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative associate demographics

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

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Associate
Average age	49	50
Gender ratio	Male, 4.8% Female, 95.2%	Male, 21.6% Female, 78.4%
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, 9.4% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 3.8% White, 65.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	10%	6%

Differences between senior administrative secretary and administrative associate 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 associate example responsibilities.

Manage consultants' calendar, arrange travel, paid bills via QuickBooks software.
Support medical doctors, manage sensitive and confidential records pertaining to high risk patients with emphasis on accuracy.
Enter invoices in QuickBooks and P2P.
Fulfill medical record requests from patients, providers and insurance companies in a HIPAA compliant way.
Prepare PowerPoint presentations and address day to day general operations and office procedures.
Prepare PowerPoint & other digital media for presentations that are distributed to upper management.

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative associate skills

Common senior administrative secretary skills

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

Common administrative associate skills

Administrative Tasks, 12%
Purchase Orders, 10%
Customer Service, 10%
Telephone Calls, 9%
Travel Arrangements, 9%
Patients, 8%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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