Volunteer administrative assistant vs administrative associate

The differences between volunteer administrative assistants and administrative associates can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a volunteer administrative assistant and an administrative associate. Additionally, an administrative associate has an average salary of $34,873, which is higher than the $31,657 average annual salary of a volunteer administrative assistant.

The top three skills for a volunteer administrative assistant include patients, scheduling appointments and database management. The most important skills for an administrative associate are administrative tasks, purchase orders, and customer service.

Volunteer administrative assistant vs administrative associate overview

	Volunteer Administrative Assistant	Administrative Associate
Yearly salary	$31,657	$34,873
Hourly rate	$15.22	$16.77
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	62,712	54,499
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	2	2

Volunteer administrative assistant vs administrative associate salary

Volunteer administrative assistants and administrative associates have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Volunteer Administrative Assistant	Administrative Associate
Average salary	$31,657	$34,873
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $38,000	Between $23,000 And $51,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Lord Abbett
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between volunteer administrative assistant and administrative associate education

There are a few differences between a volunteer administrative assistant and an administrative associate in terms of educational background:

	Volunteer Administrative Assistant	Administrative Associate
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Western Carolina University

Volunteer administrative assistant vs administrative associate demographics

Here are the differences between volunteer administrative assistants' and administrative associates' demographics:

	Volunteer Administrative Assistant	Administrative Associate
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 29.3% Female, 70.7%	Male, 21.6% Female, 78.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% Asian, 3.9% White, 65.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 3.8% White, 65.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between volunteer administrative assistant and administrative associate duties and responsibilities

Volunteer administrative assistant example responsibilities.

Manage the receptionist area, including greeting visitors and responding to telephone and in-person requests for information.
Perform various office tasks as needed such as copying, collating, filling and computer operations.
Create the church's Facebook page and post content for all up coming events
Serve as a language interpreter in routine therapy sessions and also assist in stimulating brain activity in mentally challenge patients.
Provide cloud base customer relationship management with Salesforce for optimization in coordination of the workforce development program and other community orient events
Create database in SQL incorporating data from order systems to assist logistics personnel regulating product receive in the warehouse.

Administrative associate example responsibilities.

Manage consultants' calendar, arrange travel, paid bills via QuickBooks software.
Support medical doctors, manage sensitive and confidential records pertaining to high risk patients with emphasis on accuracy.
Enter invoices in QuickBooks and P2P.
Fulfill medical record requests from patients, providers and insurance companies in a HIPAA compliant way.
Prepare PowerPoint presentations and address day to day general operations and office procedures.
Prepare PowerPoint & other digital media for presentations that are distributed to upper management.

Volunteer administrative assistant vs administrative associate skills

Common volunteer administrative assistant skills

Patients, 37%
Scheduling Appointments, 21%
Database Management, 10%
Front Desk, 5%
PowerPoint, 4%
Administrative Tasks, 3%

Common administrative associate skills

Administrative Tasks, 12%
Purchase Orders, 10%
Customer Service, 10%
Telephone Calls, 9%
Travel Arrangements, 9%
Patients, 8%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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