Business & Finance
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Perform routine administrative functions such as drafting correspondence, scheduling appointments, organizing and maintaining paper and electronic files, or providing information to callers.
Median salary
$46,290
Typical range
$32k – $64k
Job outlook
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Entry / Junior
$31,600
~2 yrs to advance
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Established
$46,290
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Senior
$55,220
Key skills
A typical day
- •Answer telephones and give information to callers, take messages, or transfer calls to appropriate individuals.
- •Greet visitors or callers and handle their inquiries or direct them to the appropriate persons according to their needs.
- •Create, maintain, and enter information into databases.
- •Use computers for various applications, such as database management or word processing.
- •Operate office equipment, such as fax machines, copiers, or phone systems and arrange for repairs when equipment malfunctions.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
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