Volunteer administrative assistant vs administrative staff

The differences between volunteer administrative assistants and administrative staff 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 staff. Additionally, an administrative staff has an average salary of $77,101, 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 staff are telephone calls, word processing, and travel arrangements.

Volunteer administrative assistant vs administrative staff overview

	Volunteer Administrative Assistant	Administrative Staff
Yearly salary	$31,657	$77,101
Hourly rate	$15.22	$37.07
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	62,712	119,030
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	2	2

Volunteer administrative assistant vs administrative staff salary

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

	Volunteer Administrative Assistant	Administrative Staff
Average salary	$31,657	$77,101
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $38,000	Between $58,000 And $101,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	NVIDIA
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between volunteer administrative assistant and administrative staff education

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

	Volunteer Administrative Assistant	Administrative Staff
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	University of Pennsylvania

Volunteer administrative assistant vs administrative staff demographics

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

	Volunteer Administrative Assistant	Administrative Staff
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 29.3% Female, 70.7%	Male, 31.9% Female, 68.1%
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, 9.2% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.2% Asian, 3.8% White, 66.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between volunteer administrative assistant and administrative staff 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 staff example responsibilities.

Support medical doctors, manage sensitive and confidential records pertaining to high risk patients with emphasis on accuracy.
Prepare PowerPoint presentations for management distribution.
Maintain payroll information by collect, calculate and enter data.
Prepare briefing slides and presentation material using PowerPoint and Visio.
Maintain accounting statements, databases, and other financial information such as payroll coding and budget preparation
Provide cloud base customer relationship management with Salesforce for optimization in coordination of the workforce development program and other community orient events

Volunteer administrative assistant vs administrative staff skills

Common volunteer administrative assistant skills

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

Common administrative staff skills

Telephone Calls, 19%
Word Processing, 16%
Travel Arrangements, 7%
Payroll, 6%
Personnel Actions, 6%
Financial Reports, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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