Senior administrator clerk vs lead administrator

The differences between senior administrator clerks and lead 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 administrator clerk and a lead administrator. Additionally, a lead administrator has an average salary of $94,444, which is higher than the $33,902 average annual salary of a senior administrator clerk.

The top three skills for a senior administrator clerk include customer service, data entry and payroll. The most important skills for a lead administrator are payroll, office equipment, and expense reports.

Senior administrator clerk vs lead administrator overview

	Senior Administrator Clerk	Lead Administrator
Yearly salary	$33,902	$94,444
Hourly rate	$16.30	$45.41
Growth rate	-5%	5%
Number of jobs	120,223	57,229
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 40%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	47	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior administrator clerk vs lead administrator salary

Senior administrator clerks and lead administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Administrator Clerk	Lead Administrator
Average salary	$33,902	$94,444
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $43,000	Between $63,000 And $141,000
Highest paying City	-	Richmond, CA
Highest paying state	-	Oregon
Best paying company	-	Koch Industries
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior administrator clerk and lead administrator education

There are a few differences between a senior administrator clerk and a lead administrator in terms of educational background:

	Senior Administrator Clerk	Lead Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 40%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Stanford University

Senior administrator clerk vs lead administrator demographics

Here are the differences between senior administrator clerks' and lead administrators' demographics:

	Senior Administrator Clerk	Lead Administrator
Average age	47	43
Gender ratio	Male, 18.5% Female, 81.5%	Male, 37.2% Female, 62.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 23.2% Asian, 8.5% White, 53.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.9% Asian, 9.5% White, 63.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	6%	9%

Differences between senior administrator clerk and lead administrator duties and responsibilities

Senior administrator clerk example responsibilities.

Manage payroll, distribution of paychecks, calculate tips and gratuity allocations for restaurant employees.
Manage orthopedic accounts regarding payment posting through IDX medical systems.
Set up PowerPoint presentations for the department.
Compose written documentation; proofread, edit & format correspondence, agendas, and documents.
Maintain personnel files including payroll, attendance, leave balances, and other personnel and confidential forms.
Review contract drafts, notes, proofread and verify relative material for accuracy, compliance with departmental policies, etc.

Lead administrator example responsibilities.

Manage and coordinate office operations and procedures to include payroll preparation, information management/filing systems, and supply requisitions.
Support and troubleshoot all claims questions and provide assistance with more advance issues.
Provide initiatives and suggestions for performance tuning of applications, script auto deployment plans, troubleshoot complex production issues.
Create and implement migration plans to new SharePoint environments.
Provide application training for company's custom provisioning application.
Implement SSO configuration and user provisioning on IDM environments.

Senior administrator clerk vs lead administrator skills

Common senior administrator clerk skills

Customer Service, 15%
Data Entry, 14%
Payroll, 7%
Financial Reports, 6%
Safety Regulations, 6%
Purchase Orders, 5%

Common lead administrator skills

Payroll, 10%
Office Equipment, 8%
Expense Reports, 6%
Windows, 6%
Data Entry, 5%
PowerPoint, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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