Office & Admin
Medical Secretaries
SOC 43-6013
Handle scheduling, records, and billing in a medical office.
The job
Median pay
$46k
$39k to $51k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+4.8% projected
Openings a year
89k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
3/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
52nd pct
More exposed than 52% of occupations · modeled estimate · 64th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
42/100
Key skills
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 115,050 | 6.3 | 1.0× | $54k |
| Florida | 96,000 | 9.7 | 1.6× | $42k |
| Texas | 78,740 | 5.6 | 0.9× | $43k |
| New York | 57,720 | 6.0 | 1.0× | $48k |
| North Carolina | 56,840 | 11.5 | 1.9× | $44k |
| Tennessee | 41,810 | 12.8 | 2.1× | $40k |
| Georgia | 39,380 | 8.1 | 1.3× | $43k |
| Ohio | 29,110 | 5.2 | 0.8× | $44k |
| Michigan | 27,960 | 6.3 | 1.0× | $41k |
| Pennsylvania | 27,600 | 4.6 | 0.7× | $45k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 27,600 | 6.7 | 1.1× | $46k |
| Illinois | 27,560 | 4.5 | 0.7× | $47k |
| Kentucky | 26,430 | 13.2 | 2.1× | $39k |
| Massachusetts | 22,210 | 6.1 | 1.0× | $50k |
| Indiana | 21,180 | 6.6 | 1.1× | $44k |
| New Jersey | 20,980 | 4.9 | 0.8× | $49k |
| Arizona | 18,090 | 5.6 | 0.9× | $46k |
| Maryland | 17,290 | 6.3 | 1.0× | $48k |
| Minnesota | 16,860 | 5.7 | 0.9× | $50k |
| Oregon | 16,840 | 8.6 | 1.4× | $50k |
| Alabama | 16,580 | 7.8 | 1.3× | $37k |
| South Carolina | 15,630 | 6.8 | 1.1× | $40k |
| Missouri | 12,260 | 4.2 | 0.7× | $44k |
| Colorado | 11,560 | 4.0 | 0.7× | $47k |
| Washington | 10,960 | 3.1 | 0.5× | $58k |
| Iowa | 10,560 | 6.8 | 1.1× | $41k |
| Oklahoma | 8,430 | 4.9 | 0.8× | $38k |
| Mississippi | 7,934 | 6.8 | 1.1× | $36k~ |
| Wisconsin | 7,760 | 2.6 | 0.4× | $48k |
| Nevada | 7,030 | 4.5 | 0.7× | $47k |
| Connecticut | 6,480 | 3.8 | 0.6× | $49k |
| Kansas | 6,470 | 4.5 | 0.7× | $43k |
| Utah | 5,260 | 3.0 | 0.5× | $44k |
| Idaho | 5,120 | 6.0 | 1.0× | $45k |
| Maine | 4,610 | 7.2 | 1.2× | $47k |
| New Mexico | 4,590 | 5.3 | 0.8× | $44k |
| Delaware | 4,510 | 9.3 | 1.5× | $45k |
| Montana | 4,410 | 8.6 | 1.4× | $44k |
| Nebraska | 4,110 | 4.0 | 0.7× | $46k |
| New Hampshire | 3,680 | 5.4 | 0.9× | $48k |
| Louisiana | 2,970 | 1.5 | 0.3× | $37k |
| Alaska | 2,520 | 7.7 | 1.3× | $48k |
| Vermont | 2,390 | 7.9 | 1.3× | $48k |
| Rhode Island | 2,350 | 4.7 | 0.8× | $47k |
| Arkansas | 2,190 | 1.7 | 0.3× | $37k |
| Hawaii | 2,160 | 3.4 | 0.6× | $50k |
| Washington DC | 1,930 | 2.7 | 0.4× | $49k |
| West Virginia | 1,550 | 2.2 | 0.4× | $38k |
| North Dakota | 1,120 | 2.6 | 0.4× | $45k |
| Wyoming | 1,110 | 4.0 | 0.6× | $44k |
| South Dakota | 80 | 0.2 | 0.0× | $46k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ52,640 jobs · $49k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA40,380 jobs · $51k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL27,020 jobs · $45k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA22,590 jobs · $46k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX21,700 jobs · $46k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX20,220 jobs · $44k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN20,020 jobs · $48k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV18,960 jobs · $48k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Medical Secretaries interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.