Senior administrative secretary vs administrative clerk

The differences between senior administrative secretaries and administrative clerks 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 clerk takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a senior administrative secretary has an average salary of $42,138, which is higher than the $32,327 average annual salary of an administrative clerk.

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

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative clerk overview

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Clerk
Yearly salary	$42,138	$32,327
Hourly rate	$20.26	$15.54
Growth rate	-8%	-5%
Number of jobs	40,847	137,639
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Average age	49	47
Years of experience	4	2

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative clerk salary

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

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Clerk
Average salary	$42,138	$32,327
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $57,000	Between $25,000 And $40,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Columbia University in the City of New York
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior administrative secretary and administrative clerk education

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

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina University

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative clerk demographics

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

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Clerk
Average age	49	47
Gender ratio	Male, 4.8% Female, 95.2%	Male, 27.9% Female, 72.1%
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, 11.4% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 21.9% Asian, 8.3% White, 53.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	10%	6%

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

Orchestrate special events and reservations; manage customer relations and provide exemplary service to all customers.
Assist teachers with GED packets for students.
Ship orders via customers freight line request (ex.
Schedule and administer the GED exam upon the completion of the inmate's profile.
Enter data in spreadsheets for reports, auction items, payroll and monthly utility accounts.
Process all DMV registration, titles, title flips and plates using CVR and TriVin programs.

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative clerk skills

Common senior administrative secretary skills

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

Common administrative clerk skills

Customer Service, 17%
Data Entry, 16%
Patients, 9%
Word Processing, 6%
Payroll Data, 5%
Database Systems, 4%

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