Office & Admin
Secretaries & Admin Assistants
SOC 43-6014
Keep an office and its people organized, scheduled, and on track.
The job
Median pay
$48k
$39k to $58k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-6.0% projected
Openings a year
164k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
Very high
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
89th pct
More exposed than 89% of occupations · modeled estimate · 82nd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
28/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
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.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 158,630 | 8.7 | 0.8× | $55k |
| Texas | 149,650 | 10.6 | 1.0× | $45k |
| New York | 122,490 | 12.6 | 1.1× | $50k |
| Florida | 104,000 | 10.5 | 0.9× | $46k |
| Illinois | 74,280 | 12.2 | 1.1× | $48k |
| New Jersey | 65,960 | 15.4 | 1.4× | $50k |
| Pennsylvania | 65,310 | 10.8 | 1.0× | $46k |
| Maryland | 54,890 | 19.9 | 1.8× | $49k |
| Ohio | 54,790 | 9.9 | 0.9× | $46k |
| Alabama | 45,050 | 21.3 | 1.9× | $42k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 44,430 | 9.1 | 0.8× | $42k |
| North Carolina | 43,690 | 8.8 | 0.8× | $46k |
| Michigan | 40,830 | 9.3 | 0.8× | $46k |
| Massachusetts | 37,750 | 10.4 | 0.9× | $58k |
| Tennessee | 34,580 | 10.5 | 1.0× | $46k |
| Missouri | 33,180 | 11.3 | 1.0× | $44k |
| Kansas | 32,120 | 22.3 | 2.0× | $42k |
| Washington | 31,710 | 8.9 | 0.8× | $57k |
| Virginia | 31,580 | 7.7 | 0.7× | $48k |
| Minnesota | 31,330 | 10.6 | 1.0× | $51k |
| Arizona | 31,220 | 9.6 | 0.9× | $48k |
| South Carolina | 30,180 | 13.1 | 1.2× | $45k |
| Colorado | 29,120 | 10.1 | 0.9× | $49k |
| Wisconsin | 28,100 | 9.6 | 0.9× | $48k |
| Louisiana | 28,040 | 14.5 | 1.3× | $39k |
| New Mexico | 25,430 | 29.2 | 2.7× | $46k |
| Oregon | 23,150 | 11.8 | 1.1× | $52k |
| Connecticut | 22,650 | 13.4 | 1.2× | $57k |
| Oklahoma | 20,120 | 11.8 | 1.1× | $40k |
| Indiana | 20,100 | 6.3 | 0.6× | $44k |
| Kentucky | 18,420 | 9.2 | 0.8× | $44k |
| Nevada | 16,790 | 10.8 | 1.0× | $47k |
| Nebraska | 16,240 | 15.9 | 1.4× | $47k |
| Utah | 14,870 | 8.6 | 0.8× | $47k |
| Mississippi | 14,720 | 12.7 | 1.1× | $37k |
| Iowa | 12,830 | 8.2 | 0.8× | $45k |
| Washington DC | 11,800 | 16.8 | 1.5× | $60k |
| New Hampshire | 9,050 | 13.2 | 1.2× | $48k |
| West Virginia | 8,820 | 12.6 | 1.1× | $40k |
| Arkansas | 8,590 | 6.6 | 0.6× | $38k |
| Idaho | 7,570 | 8.8 | 0.8× | $44k |
| Hawaii | 7,020 | 11.2 | 1.0× | $51k |
| Maine | 6,740 | 10.5 | 1.0× | $50k |
| Delaware | 6,320 | 13.0 | 1.2× | $48k |
| South Dakota | 6,120 | 13.4 | 1.2× | $42k |
| North Dakota | 5,800 | 13.5 | 1.2× | $47k |
| Alaska | 5,390 | 16.6 | 1.5× | $49k |
| Rhode Island | 5,200 | 10.4 | 0.9× | $52k |
| Montana | 4,520 | 8.8 | 0.8× | $44k |
| Vermont | 3,360 | 11.1 | 1.0× | $49k |
| Wyoming | 2,250 | 8.0 | 0.7× | $45k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ122,680 jobs · $51k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA58,800 jobs · $54k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN50,190 jobs · $50k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX37,550 jobs · $47k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV37,010 jobs · $54k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX33,710 jobs · $47k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL33,380 jobs · $47k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD32,850 jobs · $49k median
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Explore Secretaries & Admin Assistants 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.