Senior administrative technician vs administrative technician

The differences between senior administrative technicians and administrative technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a senior administrative technician and an administrative technician. Additionally, a senior administrative technician has an average salary of $115,702, which is higher than the $41,290 average annual salary of an administrative technician.

The top three skills for a senior administrative technician include infrastructure, SCCM and troubleshoot. The most important skills for an administrative technician are customer service, data entry, and patients.

Senior administrative technician vs administrative technician overview

	Senior Administrative Technician	Administrative Technician
Yearly salary	$115,702	$41,290
Hourly rate	$55.63	$19.85
Growth rate	5%	-8%
Number of jobs	56,951	73,101
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Average age	43	50
Years of experience	2	2

Senior administrative technician vs administrative technician salary

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

	Senior Administrative Technician	Administrative Technician
Average salary	$115,702	$41,290
Salary range	Between $85,000 And $156,000	Between $25,000 And $65,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Boston, MA
Highest paying state	Idaho	Connecticut
Best paying company	Yahoo	InfosysPublicService
Best paying industry	Pharmaceutical	Finance

Differences between senior administrative technician and administrative technician education

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

	Senior Administrative Technician	Administrative Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Western Carolina University

Senior administrative technician vs administrative technician demographics

Here are the differences between senior administrative technicians' and administrative technicians' demographics:

	Senior Administrative Technician	Administrative Technician
Average age	43	50
Gender ratio	Male, 54.5% Female, 45.5%	Male, 34.0% Female, 66.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% Asian, 8.7% White, 64.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 3.8% White, 65.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	9%	6%

Differences between senior administrative technician and administrative technician duties and responsibilities

Senior administrative technician example responsibilities.

Manage paper and electronic information storage and retrieval via Sharepoint.
Recommend, engineer and manage office systems, including centralize productivity and communication systems such as e-mail and centralize desktop environments.
Work closely with water technicians to troubleshoot and problem solve.
Work with the SharePoint farm administrators and developers to identify and troubleshoot problems in a timely manner.
Trouble shooting and resolving a wide variety and range of PC, hardware, software, and printer problems.
Handle installation and configuration of SCO Unix servers hosting refrigeration industry software.

Administrative technician example responsibilities.

Design and manage an innovative human capital and knowledge management information technology systems (e.g., PeopleSoft).
Manage after-hour phone consultations and create referral records for 2.2k patients while ensuring care continuity from civilian medical facilities.
Perform classroom instruction on Linux OS and database operations.
Utilize SharePoint to copy soft tokens into the appropriate agency's folder.
Build, maintain and support the company's Intranet portal system using SharePoint.
Set up PCs and laptops to any new employee for when they first arrive.

Senior administrative technician vs administrative technician skills

Common senior administrative technician skills

Infrastructure, 18%
SCCM, 11%
Troubleshoot, 11%
SQL, 10%
Customer Service, 4%
Windows Server, 4%

Common administrative technician skills

Customer Service, 14%
Data Entry, 11%
Patients, 8%
Database Management, 5%
Payroll, 5%
Troubleshoot, 4%

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