Senior administrative technician vs site administrator

The differences between senior administrative technicians and site administrators 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 a site administrator. Additionally, a senior administrative technician has an average salary of $115,702, which is higher than the $31,725 average annual salary of a site administrator.

The top three skills for a senior administrative technician include infrastructure, SCCM and troubleshoot. The most important skills for a site administrator are customer service, patients, and windows.

Senior administrative technician vs site administrator overview

	Senior Administrative Technician	Site Administrator
Yearly salary	$115,702	$31,725
Hourly rate	$55.63	$15.25
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	56,951	66,357
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior administrative technician vs site administrator salary

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

	Senior Administrative Technician	Site Administrator
Average salary	$115,702	$31,725
Salary range	Between $85,000 And $156,000	Between $17,000 And $56,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Idaho	California
Best paying company	Yahoo	Morgan Stanley
Best paying industry	Pharmaceutical	-

Differences between senior administrative technician and site administrator education

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

	Senior Administrative Technician	Site Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Senior administrative technician vs site administrator demographics

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

	Senior Administrative Technician	Site Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 54.5% Female, 45.5%	Male, 42.8% Female, 57.2%
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, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior administrative technician and site administrator 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.

Site administrator example responsibilities.

Manage the billing and collection of patient accounts dealing with commercial insurance, worker's compensation, and self pay patients.
Manage the data migration from SharePoint 2007 to 2010 and ensure all documents files and customize code are present and functional.
Create and manage a repository of group presentations and documents.
Work through Microsoft excels spreadsheets, word, and PowerPoint.
Leverage industry knowledge to ensure full compliance with JCAHO, Texas Medicaid, and federal Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Process and maintain accurate payroll records.

Senior administrative technician vs site administrator skills

Common senior administrative technician skills

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

Common site administrator skills

Customer Service, 14%
Patients, 9%
Windows, 5%
Payroll, 5%
Data Entry, 5%
PowerPoint, 4%

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