Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Career

The average annual wage of the occupations is $49,810 and $24 per hour. 9 vocational programs could be taken for the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants career. Based on BLS data, a total of 3,171,290 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Secretaries and Administrative Assistants is $11,711. The average length of the programs is 399 hours and the average completion time is 10.55 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Veterinary Administrative/Executive Assistant and Veterinary Secretary	1	-	-	-	-
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	90	$25,582	-	63 Hours	14.00 Months
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist	252	$13,812	$1,094	341 Hours	8.54 Months
Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist	14	$12,295	$1,445	239 Hours	11.80 Months
Medical Reception/Receptionist	49	-	-	30 Hours	9.00 Months
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller	251	$16,627	$1,325	383 Hours	9.42 Months
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	287	$15,098	$712	238 Hours	10.60 Months
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	532	$8,424	$928	604 Hours	9.00 Months
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary	75	$4,008	$2,207	1,296 Hours	12.00 Months

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The following 42 occupations are related to Secretaries and Administrative Assistants.

Related Occupations toSecretaries and Administrative Assistants
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Chief Executives	211K	$258,900	$124
Administrative Services Managers	243K	$121,200	$58
Medical and Health Services Managers	515K	$134,440	$65
Compliance Officers	384K	$80,190	$39
Human Resources Specialists	896K	$76,060	$37
Project Management Specialists	948K	$104,920	$50
Social Science Research Assistants	30,890	$62,370	$30
Lawyers	731K	$176,470	$85
Judicial Law Clerks	14,680	$64,880	$31
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	14,670	$119,940	$58
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators	7,060	$95,370	$46
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	355K	$66,460	$32
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	49,760	$59,440	$29
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	12,390	$71,040	$34
Emergency Medicine Physicians	35,100	$306,640	$147
Pharmacy Technicians	460K	$43,330	$21
Medical Records Specialists	186K	$53,690	$26
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	171K	$54,220	$26
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	34,430	$70,260	$34
Medical Assistants	763K	$43,350	$21
Medical Transcriptionists	52,420	$39,090	$19
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	64,900	$59,580	$29
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	88,140	$50,650	$24
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	227K	$99,020	$48
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,505K	$68,620	$33
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	43,830	$40,020	$19
Billing and Posting Clerks	430K	$47,120	$23
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	157K	$54,690	$26
Correspondence Clerks	4,650	$46,940	$23
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	158K	$48,760	$23
Customer Service Representatives	2,859K	$43,520	$21
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	150K	$51,840	$25
File Clerks	82,290	$40,730	$20
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	161K	$42,750	$21
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	101K	$48,800	$23
Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,004K	$36,590	$18
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	484K	$73,680	$35
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	153K	$56,330	$27
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	750K	$43,380	$21
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,785K	$45,490	$22
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	242K	$49,530	$24
Office Clerks, General	2,496K	$43,560	$21

Vocational Programs for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Career

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Vocational Programs to Prepare Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Career

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