Senior administrative secretary vs administrative office specialist

The differences between senior administrative secretaries and administrative office specialists 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 office specialist takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a senior administrative secretary has an average salary of $42,138, which is higher than the $35,177 average annual salary of an administrative office specialist.

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

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative office specialist overview

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Office Specialist
Yearly salary	$42,138	$35,177
Hourly rate	$20.26	$16.91
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	40,847	96,945
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 47%
Average age	49	50
Years of experience	4	2

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative office specialist salary

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

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Office Specialist
Average salary	$42,138	$35,177
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $57,000	Between $28,000 And $43,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	University of California, Berkeley
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between senior administrative secretary and administrative office specialist education

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

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Office Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 47%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina University

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative office specialist demographics

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

	Senior Administrative Secretary	Administrative Office Specialist
Average age	49	50
Gender ratio	Male, 4.8% Female, 95.2%	Male, 14.3% Female, 85.7%
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, 10.2% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 15.0% Asian, 4.0% White, 66.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	10%	6%

Differences between senior administrative secretary and administrative office specialist 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 office specialist example responsibilities.

Participate in committee meetings by preparing minutes and presentation summaries, planning meeting agendas, and organizing and managing meeting logistics.
Develop PowerPoint presentations for seminars and workshops.
Prepare briefings for senior level management using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Prepare bi-weekly payroll reports and special cost analyses and forecasting.
Coordinate accessibility into main office building along with identification badge and process direct deposit via state guidelines for payroll.
Coordinate travel arrangements in DTS; schedule mode of transportation, prepare trip folders, arrange lodging reservations and develop itineraries.

Senior administrative secretary vs administrative office specialist skills

Common senior administrative secretary skills

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

Common administrative office specialist skills

Customer Service, 27%
Data Entry, 8%
Word Processing, 6%
Payroll, 3%
PowerPoint, 3%
Phone Calls, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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