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Salesforce Administrator: Facts, Skills, and Next Paths

A Salesforce Administrator handles day-to-day platform configuration, user access management, and data integrity. They evaluate change requests, enforce governance and compliance standards, and provide user support to keep the CRM running smoothly.

Core responsibilities include managing user accounts, roles, profiles, permission sets, and sharing rules; automating workflows; developing reports and dashboards; and ensuring data quality. The role typically sits within IT or operations and partners with business stakeholders to optimize system performance. For example, at Nakupuna Companies administrators manage system security and user adoption, while at ICF they configure Salesforce on the Government Cloud platform for a Department of Homeland Security project. Beacon Systems and Smart IT Frame also hire administrators for similar maintenance and enhancement work.

The median salary for a Salesforce Administrator is approximately $114,400, and the most requested skills in current postings are CRM (100%), Compliance (60%), Documentation (50%), and Automation (50%).

$109,500 – $124,800

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$109,500 – $124,800

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49% avg. match

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45.6 shared skills

Shared Foundation

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Salary (live)

$109,500 – $124,800

median $110,500

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Who's hiring

Insight Global, ENC - ElDorado National California Inc., Merit Consulting Group Inc

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In demand right nowSecurity · 100%CRM · 100%Troubleshooting · 80%Automation · 80%Validation · 70%Documentation · 70%Governance · 60%Marketing · 50%

Where Else Can Salesforce Administrator Skills Take You?

Build toward this role and you may be building toward several others. Explore the paths that share the same foundation.

Adjacent Paths from Salesforce Administrator

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CRM Administrator

54 shared skills · IT

56%

−$23kCareer change

2

Marketing Operations Manager

50 shared skills · Marketing

56%

+$2kCareer change

3

Chief Data Officer

38 shared skills · Data

52%

+$78kCareer change

4

Email/Lifecycle Marketing Manager

57 shared skills · Marketing

51%

+$30kCareer change

5

Business Intelligence Analyst

53 shared skills · Business

51%

−$23kCareer change

6

Data Governance Analyst

55 shared skills · Data

51%

−$7kCareer change

7

Chief Analytics Officer

34 shared skills · Executive

50%

+$190kCareer change

8

Marketing Analytics Manager

53 shared skills · Marketing

50%

+$22kCareer change

9

Growth Analyst

50 shared skills · Growth

49%

+$25kCareer change

10

Product Owner

51 shared skills · Product

48%

+$32kCareer change

11

Business Systems Analyst

53 shared skills · Business

48%

+$37kCareer change

12

Business Development Representative

38 shared skills · Sales

47%

−$38kCareer change

13

Growth Product Manager

39 shared skills · Product

46%

+$68kCareer change

14

Senior Product Manager

43 shared skills · Product

46%

+$117kCareer change

15

Chief Information Officer

40 shared skills · IT

45%

+$188kCareer change

16

Lifecycle Growth Manager

33 shared skills · Growth

45%

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17

Junior Data Analyst

30 shared skills · Data

45%

−$2kCareer change

18

Senior Data Engineer

50 shared skills · Data

45%

+$66kCareer change

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Why People Explore Salesforce Administrator

High Impact Visibility

Salesforce Administrators sit at a critical intersection in the organization. Your work directly ties to key business metrics — making your impact visible across teams and to leadership.