Office & Admin

Secretaries & Admin Assistants

SOC 43-6014

Keep an office and its people organized, scheduled, and on track.

Median pay

$48k

$39k to $58k typical range

Outlook

Declining

203k openings / yr

Education

High school

AI exposure

87%

modeled estimate · 82th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

31/100

Key skills

Active Listening
Speaking
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Monitoring
Critical Thinking

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How we model AI exposure.