Survey worker vs admissions clerk

The differences between survey workers and admissions clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a survey worker and an admissions clerk. Additionally, a survey worker has an average salary of $41,704, which is higher than the $31,980 average annual salary of an admissions clerk.

Survey worker vs admissions clerk overview

	Survey Worker	Admissions Clerk
Yearly salary	$41,704	$31,980
Hourly rate	$20.05	$15.38
Growth rate	-	-5%
Number of jobs	21,592	123,555
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 29%
Average age	42	47
Years of experience	2	2

What does a survey worker do?

A survey worker performs and supervises the gathering of data. They mainly do interviews with people to collect information; they can also email respondents. Survey workers contact people at home or their place of business, by random, or through telephone by following specified sampling procedures. They ask questions following a specified questionnaire and record answers. In addition, they review, classify, and sort questionnaires following specified procedures and criteria. Moreover, they may also convert responses into coded answers.

What does an admissions clerk do?

An admissions clerk caters to all incoming customers, applicants, or patients in a facility. Their primary job is to handle the personal data of those customers, applicants, or patients. They are responsible for communicating this data to their organization's faculty and management, as well as ensuring data security. On a secondary basis, an admissions clerk is responsible for addressing the needs or inquiries of the customers, applicants, or patients they serve. For this position, it is necessary to have strong customer service skills, strong communication skills, and strong problem-solving abilities.

Survey worker vs admissions clerk salary

Survey workers and admissions clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Survey Worker	Admissions Clerk
Average salary	$41,704	$31,980
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $60,000	Between $24,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between survey worker and admissions clerk education

There are a few differences between a survey worker and an admissions clerk in terms of educational background:

	Survey Worker	Admissions Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 29%
Most common major	Psychology	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	University of Pennsylvania

Survey worker vs admissions clerk demographics

Here are the differences between survey workers' and admissions clerks' demographics:

	Survey Worker	Admissions Clerk
Average age	42	47
Gender ratio	Male, 45.9% Female, 54.1%	Male, 12.7% Female, 87.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.1% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 22.4% Asian, 4.5% White, 53.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 12.7% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 19.3% Asian, 7.0% White, 55.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	9%	6%

Differences between survey worker and admissions clerk duties and responsibilities

Survey worker example responsibilities.

Experience in civil land development design using LLD.
Ride the bus counting passengers getting on and off.
Ride city bus /Trains and ask riders a few questions about their ride that day
Assist patients in application process for medical programs and screen for appropriate medical coverage eligibility available through state programs.
Facilitate monthly community meetings to ascertain interests of community members; provide PowerPoint presentations, showing progress of various initiatives.

Admissions clerk example responsibilities.

Manage an adjoining veterinary supply shop that sell medications, animal food and pet equipment.
Register patients via ambulances and lobby registration.
Utilize ICD-9 and CPT-4 coding in admitting patients and pre-certifications/authorizations for admissions and procedures.
Interview incoming patients or representatives and enter information require for admission and emergency department registration into the computer.
Interpret institutes regulations and charges to patients and/or family members, obtaining necessary information and signatures where necessary.
Maintain communications with physicians' offices and unit secretaries/nursing coordinator to ensure bed placement of direct admissions and in-patient surgery candidates.

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