Wide area network administrator vs operations administrator

The differences between wide area network administrators and operations 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 an operations administrator. Additionally, a wide area network administrator has an average salary of $61,805, which is higher than the $50,962 average annual salary of an operations administrator.

The top three skills for a wide area network administrator include switches, PC and tcp ip. The most important skills for an operations administrator are various management, data entry, and clerical support.

Wide area network administrator vs operations administrator overview

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Operations Administrator
Yearly salary	$61,805	$50,962
Hourly rate	$29.71	$24.50
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	83,700	115,828
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 operations administrator salary

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

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Operations Administrator
Average salary	$61,805	$50,962
Salary range	Between $42,000 And $90,000	Between $31,000 And $83,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Ropes & Gray
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between wide area network administrator and operations administrator education

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

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Operations 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 operations administrator demographics

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

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Operations Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.5% Female, 10.5%	Male, 34.8% Female, 65.2%
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, 9.1% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 8.7% White, 64.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between wide area network administrator and operations 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.

Operations administrator example responsibilities.

Manage online digital storefront operations using PDF file format and HTML.
Manage all aspects of desktop support for several hundr users on site and at remote locations.
Establish operating policies and procedures and attain SNF Medicare certification.
Write queries through mainframe using SQL in order to produce reports for internal/external partners.
Monitor printers and desktop's utilizing WebJet Admin for page count and toner activity.
Learned and maintain department operations and the SQL jobs and reports that run for the business.

Wide area network administrator vs operations administrator skills

Common wide area network administrator skills

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

Common operations administrator skills

Various Management, 15%
Data Entry, 9%
Clerical Support, 6%
Administrative Functions, 6%
Photocopying, 5%
Management Review, 5%

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