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

Occupation description

Perform routine administrative functions such as drafting correspondence, scheduling appointments, organizing and maintaining paper and electronic files, or providing information to callers.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• 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.
• Coordinate conferences, meetings, or special events, such as luncheons or graduation ceremonies.
• Set up and manage paper or electronic filing systems, recording information, updating paperwork, or maintaining documents, such as attendance records, correspondence, or other material.
• Operate electronic mail systems and coordinate the flow of information, internally or with other organizations.
• Answer telephones and give information to callers, take messages, or transfer calls to appropriate individuals.

Technology

• 3M Post-it App
• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Creative Cloud software
• Adobe Dreamweaver
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• ADP Workforce Now
• Airtable
• Apache Cassandra
• Apache Hadoop
• Apache Hive
• Apache HTTP Server
• Apache Pig

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in CA
  Median $55,400 · Employment 158,630
• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in TX
  Median $45,140 · Employment 149,650
• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in New York, NY
  Median $51,440 · Employment 122,680
• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in NY
  Median $49,600 · Employment 122,490
• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in FL
  Median $45,900 · Employment 104,000
• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in IL
  Median $48,310 · Employment 74,280
• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in NJ
  Median $50,260 · Employment 65,960
• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in PA
  Median $46,270 · Employment 65,310
• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in Los Angeles, CA
  Median $53,550 · Employment 58,800
• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in MD
  Median $48,680 · Employment 54,890
• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in OH
  Median $46,230 · Employment 54,790
• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in Chicago, IL
  Median $50,440 · Employment 50,190

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