Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Career

The role of Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive is to perform routine administrative functions such as drafting correspondence, scheduling appointments, organizing and maintaining paper and electronic files, or providing information to callers..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $45,490 and $22 per hour. 2 vocational programs could be taken for the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive career. Based on BLS data, a total of 1,785,430 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive is $6,216. The average length of the programs is 950 hours and the average completion time is 10.50 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
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

Related Occupations to Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.

Related Occupations toSecretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Chief Executives	211K	$258,900	$124
Administrative Services Managers	243K	$121,200	$58
Human Resources Specialists	896K	$76,060	$37
Social Science Research Assistants	30,890	$62,370	$30
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	64,900	$59,580	$29
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
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
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
Office Clerks, General	2,496K	$43,560	$21

Vocational Programs for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Career

1,785K

$21.87

$45,490

Vocational Programs to Prepare Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Career

Related Occupations to Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Career