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Office Support Supervisors vs Executive Secretaries

Median pay is about $7k higher for Executive Secretaries. Both usually start with the same education: high school.

marks the higher pay or growth. Education, difficulty and the AI rows depend on what you want, so they are not marked.

Office Support Supervisors compared with Executive Secretaries: pay, outlook, entry and AI exposure
MeasureOffice Support SupervisorsExecutive Secretaries
Pay
Median pay$69,500$76,590, higher
Entry pay 25th percentile$55,950$61,390, higher
Experienced pay 75th percentile$85,090$94,390, higher
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Projected growth+0.1% Stable, higher0.0% Stable
Openings a year127,40043,300
Getting in
Typical educationHigh schoolHigh school
Difficulty modeled1.6 / 51.6 / 5
AI
Displacement risk modeledVery highVery high
AI exposure modeled, percentile92nd pct87th pct

Where the skills differ

Only Office Support Supervisors

  • Monitoring

Only Executive Secretaries

  • Active Learning

Both lean on reading comprehension, active listening, speaking, critical thinking, writing.

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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills: O*NET 30.3. Difficulty, displacement risk and AI exposure are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.