Senior project administrator vs administrator

The differences between senior project administrators and administrators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a senior project administrator has an average salary of $79,389, which is higher than the $72,882 average annual salary of an administrator.

The top three skills for a senior project administrator include project management, purchase orders and sharepoint. The most important skills for an administrator are customer service, data entry, and troubleshoot.

Senior project administrator vs administrator overview

	Senior Project Administrator	Administrator
Yearly salary	$79,389	$72,882
Hourly rate	$38.17	$35.04
Growth rate	-8%	5%
Number of jobs	118,213	67,553
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	47	43
Years of experience	-	2

Senior project administrator vs administrator salary

Senior project administrators and administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Project Administrator	Administrator
Average salary	$79,389	$72,882
Salary range	Between $54,000 And $114,000	Between $46,000 And $113,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between senior project administrator and administrator education

There are a few differences between a senior project administrator and an administrator in terms of educational background:

	Senior Project Administrator	Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Senior project administrator vs administrator demographics

Here are the differences between senior project administrators' and administrators' demographics:

	Senior Project Administrator	Administrator
Average age	47	43
Gender ratio	Male, 33.3% Female, 66.7%	Male, 36.0% Female, 64.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.5% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 65.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	10%	9%

Differences between senior project administrator and administrator duties and responsibilities

Senior project administrator example responsibilities.

Implement a repeatable process methodology base on the PMI PMBOK defining a systematic approach to delivering solutions and achieving customer objectives.
Review and process submittals and RFI's.
Prepare proposals in response to government or industry RFP's.
Prepare contracts, maintain critical files, track RFI's, pre qualify contractors.
Maintain IMS documentation and schedule repository by means of Sharepoint.
Create various graphic materials using software packages including but not limit to PowerPoint presentations and Visio diagrams.

Administrator example responsibilities.

Develop a Perl script to manage the LDAP schema.
Hire and manage all receptionists and assistant MCA's.
Used all tools of Java stack in supporting and managing it.
Manage and process product orders on windows base on-line computer network system.
Manage ADP time system for technicians and approve time-off requests, supporting management.
Manage professional staff of 9 (including 5 MDs) and support staff of 10

Senior project administrator vs administrator skills

Common senior project administrator skills

Project Management, 21%
Purchase Orders, 7%
SharePoint, 7%
Financial Reports, 6%
SQL, 5%
Access Database, 4%

Common administrator skills

Customer Service, 18%
Data Entry, 7%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Payroll, 6%
Financial Reports, 4%
Oversight, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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