Wide area network administrator vs lan administrator

The differences between wide area network administrators and lan administrators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a wide area network administrator and a lan administrator. Additionally, a wide area network administrator has an average salary of $61,805, which is higher than the $60,942 average annual salary of a lan administrator.

The top three skills for a wide area network administrator include switches, PC and tcp ip. The most important skills for a lan administrator are windows server, network hardware, and desktop support.

Wide area network administrator vs lan administrator overview

	Wide Area Network Administrator	LAN Administrator
Yearly salary	$61,805	$60,942
Hourly rate	$29.71	$29.30
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	83,700	92,931
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Wide area network administrator vs lan administrator salary

Wide area network administrators and lan administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Wide Area Network Administrator	LAN Administrator
Average salary	$61,805	$60,942
Salary range	Between $42,000 And $90,000	Between $42,000 And $86,000
Highest paying City	-	Sunnyvale, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	CashEdge
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between wide area network administrator and lan administrator education

There are a few differences between a wide area network administrator and a lan administrator in terms of educational background:

	Wide Area Network Administrator	LAN Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Wide area network administrator vs lan administrator demographics

Here are the differences between wide area network administrators' and lan administrators' demographics:

	Wide Area Network Administrator	LAN Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.5% Female, 10.5%	Male, 84.2% Female, 15.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.6% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% Asian, 9.6% White, 70.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 9.3% White, 63.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between wide area network administrator and lan administrator duties and responsibilities

Wide area network administrator example responsibilities.

Manage and support corporate Linux Production/Development servers.
Coordinate marketing brainstorming meetings, prepare minutes, manage project follow-up, and create summary PowerPoint presentations.
Maintain and update Novell, Microsoft, and Linux servers.
Create a macro driven pc base budget preparation system.
Administer and install Cisco switches, routers, firewalls and VPNs.
Participate in projects requiring installation, configuration and support for network routers and switches, firewalls and effective application load balancing.

Lan administrator example responsibilities.

Work with VMware servers with respect to managing user's home directories, share directories, and print queues.
Manage the storage infrastructure for virtualization, high availability systems and data consolidation.
Work within a DHCP and DNS environment, setting up DNS clients and configuring PC's for DHCP.
Configure TCP/IP manually and automatically using DHCP.
Configure and test client workstations to utilize VPN access using secure token identification.
Increase productivity and minimize downtime by supporting all company software, operating systems, workstations, charting/drawing, and network connectivity.

Wide area network administrator vs lan administrator skills

Common wide area network administrator skills

Switches, 42%
PC, 31%
Tcp Ip, 28%

Common lan administrator skills

Windows Server, 10%
Network Hardware, 7%
Desktop Support, 6%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Lan, 4%
Switches, 4%

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