Wide area network administrator vs service administrator

The differences between wide area network administrators and service 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 service administrator. Additionally, a wide area network administrator has an average salary of $61,805, which is higher than the $54,573 average annual salary of a service administrator.

The top three skills for a wide area network administrator include switches, PC and tcp ip. The most important skills for a service administrator are customer service, patients, and data entry.

Wide area network administrator vs service administrator overview

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Service Administrator
Yearly salary	$61,805	$54,573
Hourly rate	$29.71	$26.24
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	83,700	57,561
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Wide area network administrator vs service administrator salary

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

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Service Administrator
Average salary	$61,805	$54,573
Salary range	Between $42,000 And $90,000	Between $33,000 And $88,000
Highest paying City	-	Sunnyvale, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	VMware
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between wide area network administrator and service administrator education

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

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Service Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Wide area network administrator vs service administrator demographics

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

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Service Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.5% Female, 10.5%	Male, 32.4% Female, 67.6%
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, 64.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between wide area network administrator and service 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.

Service administrator example responsibilities.

Manage Sr. Director's calendar and key staff members to include meetings, events and travel.
Convert complex business logic into SQL store procedures and user-define functions to achieve functionality require by the UI team.
Manage facilities maintenance/upgrades, and systems such as electronic medical records (EMR), billing, transcription and phones.
Manage multi-million dollar DOD contract, establish team goals and manage team deliverables to ensure objectives are consistently meet or exceed.
Manage all accounting functions utilizing QuickBooks of revenues
Assist users with configuring and managing SharePoint servers.

Wide area network administrator vs service administrator skills

Common wide area network administrator skills

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

Common service administrator skills

Customer Service, 22%
Patients, 7%
Data Entry, 5%
CMS, 5%
Repair Orders, 4%
PowerPoint, 4%

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