Senior project administrator vs junior project manager

The differences between senior project administrators and junior project managers 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 $60,672 average annual salary of a junior project manager.

The top three skills for a senior project administrator include project management, purchase orders and sharepoint. The most important skills for a junior project manager are project management, sharepoint, and project scope.

Senior project administrator vs junior project manager overview

	Senior Project Administrator	Junior Project Manager
Yearly salary	$79,389	$60,672
Hourly rate	$38.17	$29.17
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	118,213	116,530
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 69%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	-	-

Senior project administrator vs junior project manager salary

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

	Senior Project Administrator	Junior Project Manager
Average salary	$79,389	$60,672
Salary range	Between $54,000 And $114,000	Between $36,000 And $100,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	Credit Suisse
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between senior project administrator and junior project manager education

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

	Senior Project Administrator	Junior Project Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 69%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Senior project administrator vs junior project manager demographics

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

	Senior Project Administrator	Junior Project Manager
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 33.3% Female, 66.7%	Male, 52.3% Female, 47.7%
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, 7.5% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 8.9% White, 65.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	10%	10%

Differences between senior project administrator and junior project manager 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.

Junior project manager example responsibilities.

Lead the RFP process; successfully acquiring key service providers for each program site
Develop and manage key partnerships to promote public health messages of multiple campaigns for CDC and NIH.
Plan and manage a series of short films about international students and their experiences in the UK.
Have got appreciations from clients and onsite leads constantly for the deadlines meet, and work done in general.
Collaborate and lead development of SharePoint sites and successfully complete all testing phases with developer.
Manage a SalesForce data migration to consolidate ValueClick and GrayStripe accounts, contracts and documentation.

Senior project administrator vs junior project manager skills

Common senior project administrator skills

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

Common junior project manager skills

Project Management, 27%
SharePoint, 6%
Project Scope, 5%
Project Documentation, 4%
Microsoft Project, 3%
Jira, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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