Wide area network administrator vs managing administrator

The differences between wide area network administrators and managing 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 managing administrator. Additionally, a managing administrator has an average salary of $75,025, which is higher than the $61,805 average annual salary of a wide area network administrator.

The top three skills for a wide area network administrator include switches, PC and tcp ip. The most important skills for a managing administrator are oversight, administrative functions, and payroll.

Wide area network administrator vs managing administrator overview

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Managing Administrator
Yearly salary	$61,805	$75,025
Hourly rate	$29.71	$36.07
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	83,700	64,677
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 managing administrator salary

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

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Managing Administrator
Average salary	$61,805	$75,025
Salary range	Between $42,000 And $90,000	Between $47,000 And $119,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Cornerstone Research
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between wide area network administrator and managing administrator education

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

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

Wide area network administrator vs managing administrator demographics

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

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Managing Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.5% Female, 10.5%	Male, 37.6% Female, 62.4%
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, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between wide area network administrator and managing 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.

Managing administrator example responsibilities.

Administer the intranet portal; manage HTML e-mail templates and campaigns.
Manage the CMS review and approval process of all marketing & other beneficiary collateral.
Manage unit HRIS and PC-III (Unix base system) and provide and/or remove access to.
Manage QA teams to develop application migration testing scenarios.
Create and manage a repository of group presentations and documents.
Manage quality assurance testing of new functionality including preparing and validating QA test cases.

Wide area network administrator vs managing administrator skills

Common wide area network administrator skills

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

Common managing administrator skills

Oversight, 18%
Administrative Functions, 16%
Payroll, 14%
Customer Service, 7%
Salesforce, 4%
Project Management, 3%

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