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Administrative Assistants Salaries, Locations, and Schools



 

Employment Overview

The official count of administrative assistants in 2006 was 1,940,000. Workers have recently faced a low level of unemployment. The unemployment rate for employees? About 3% recently.

Flexibility

Administrative assistants working on their own make up 1% of the total. Part-time work suffices for 19% of workers.

Education

Employees normally have moderate-term on-the-job training before landing a job. Degrees are held by 18% of current administrative assistants. Post-secondary schooling was enough for 49% of workers. Education topped out at high school for 33% of employees.

Local Outlook

You'll see a lot of administrative assistants in Carson City (Nevada), Logan (Utah), and Ithaca (New York), and comparatively fewer in Harrisonburg (Virginia), Rochester (Minnesota), and Minneapolis (Minnesota). Wages for Workers are highest in Washington (District of Columbia), San Francisco (California), and Oakland (California), and lowest in McAllen (Texas), Madera (California), and Laredo (Texas).

Detailed local employment conditions for Administrative Assistants in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for Administrative Assistants

Employment info for Administrative Assistants, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

StateCity and SurroundingsMarket StrengthWorkersMedian Wage
AlabamaAnniston1.851,070$27,000
AlabamaAuburn1.921,000$27,000
AlabamaBirmingham1.6211,350$29,000
AlabamaDecatur1.49950$26,000
AlabamaDothan1.711,370$25,000
AlabamaFlorence1.961,210$25,000
AlabamaGadsden1.99740$27,000
AlabamaHuntsville1.463,800$28,000
AlabamaMobile1.683,900$26,000
AlabamaMontgomery1.864,060$28,000
AlabamaTuscaloosa1.711,720$27,000
AlaskaAnchorage0.771,580$34,000
AlaskaFairbanks0.94340$35,000
ArizonaFlagstaff1.48940$28,000
ArizonaPhoenix0.6717,490$29,000
ArizonaPrescott1.16900$26,000
ArizonaTucson0.94,550$28,000
ArizonaYuma0.84620$24,000
ArkansasFayetteville0.912,360$25,000
ArkansasFort Smith0.911,340$23,000
ArkansasHot Springs1.08450$23,000
ArkansasJonesboro0.99560$23,000
ArkansasLittle Rock0.924,080$26,000
ArkansasPine Bluff1.48590$22,000
CaliforniaBakersfield0.582,010$32,000
CaliforniaChico0.63560$28,000
CaliforniaEl Centro0.94560$28,000
CaliforniaFresno0.582,570$29,000
CaliforniaHanford1.06400$27,000
CaliforniaLos Angeles0.5632,100$33,000
CaliforniaMadera1.03420$24,000
CaliforniaMerced0.82590$31,000
CaliforniaModesto0.671,430$31,000
CaliforniaNapa0.8610$38,000
CaliforniaOakland0.476,620$39,000
CaliforniaOxnard0.622,520$37,000
CaliforniaRedding0.73600$28,000
CaliforniaRiverside0.519,160$31,000
CaliforniaSacramento0.526,460$34,000
CaliforniaSalinas0.5990$32,000
CaliforniaSan Diego0.498,930$33,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco0.516,870$39,000
CaliforniaSan Jose0.364,470$37,000
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo0.63820$30,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana0.5311,150$34,000
CaliforniaSanta Barbara0.731,590$33,000
CaliforniaSanta Cruz0.68740$33,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa0.581,470$35,000
CaliforniaStockton0.471,290$32,000
CaliforniaVallejo0.741,160$35,000
CaliforniaVisalia0.651,140$27,000
CaliforniaYuba City0.77370$31,000
ColoradoBoulder0.891,820$32,000
ColoradoColorado Springs1.284,330$29,000
ColoradoDenver117,030$32,000
ColoradoFort Collins1.231,940$29,000
ColoradoGrand Junction1.661,160$27,000
ColoradoGreeley1.361,260$28,000
ColoradoPueblo1.41880$26,000
ConnecticutBridgeport1.056,180$36,000
ConnecticutDanbury1.21,030$33,000
ConnecticutHartford1.037,970$35,000
ConnecticutNew Haven1.14,040$35,000
ConnecticutNorwich1.542,400$33,000
ConnecticutWaterbury1.631,400$32,000
DelawareDover2.071,410$33,000
DelawareWilmington1.175,130$32,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.7323,390$41,000
FloridaCape Coral1.644,660$28,000
FloridaDeltona1.934,000$25,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale1.3413,720$28,000
FloridaFort Walton Beach1.651,640$26,000
FloridaGainesville1.592,250$27,000
FloridaJacksonville1.2610,470$27,000
FloridaLakeland1.463,830$24,000
FloridaMiami1.4419,730$28,000
FloridaNaples1.642,720$28,000
FloridaOcala1.952,370$25,000
FloridaOrlando1.1716,960$26,000
FloridaPalm Bay1.343,510$27,000
FloridaPanama City1.371,170$26,000
FloridaPensacola1.643,320$25,000
FloridaPort St Lucie1.522,580$27,000
FloridaPunta Gorda2.221,050$24,000
FloridaSarasota1.345,040$28,000
FloridaSebastian1.791,020$26,000
FloridaTallahassee1.533,280$27,000
FloridaTampa1.2421,320$27,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach1.4310,980$29,000
GeorgiaAlbany1.691,220$24,000
GeorgiaAthens1.961,800$26,000
GeorgiaAtlanta0.723,070$28,000
GeorgiaAugusta1.082,890$25,000
GeorgiaBrunswick1.72800$25,000
GeorgiaColumbus1.031,450$24,000
GeorgiaDalton0.93900$28,000
GeorgiaGainesville1.521,210$25,000
GeorgiaHinesville1.67200$26,000
GeorgiaMacon1.11,370$25,000
GeorgiaRome1.46620$25,000
GeorgiaSavannah1.012,000$24,000
GeorgiaValdosta1.68990$25,000
GeorgiaWarner Robins1.09640$26,000
HawaiiHonolulu0.935,320$33,000
IdahoBoise0.622,200$27,000
IdahoCoeur Dalene0.84500$27,000
IdahoIdaho Falls0.59330$24,000
IdahoLewiston1.39330$32,000
IdahoPocatello1.1390$23,000
IllinoisBloomington1.02820$30,000
IllinoisChampaign2.032,210$28,000
IllinoisChicago0.7941,580$32,000
IllinoisDanville1.22340$27,000
IllinoisDecatur1.25680$26,000
IllinoisKankakee1.94870$25,000
IllinoisPeoria1.042,230$27,000
IllinoisRockford0.91,750$28,000
IllinoisSpringfield1.151,480$29,000
IndianaAnderson1.36600$24,000
IndianaBloomington1.661,410$27,000
IndianaColumbus1.23590$29,000
IndianaElkhart0.771,290$27,000
IndianaEvansville0.972,200$26,000
IndianaFort Wayne1.022,880$28,000
IndianaGary1.34,840$28,000
IndianaIndianapolis1.3115,760$29,000
IndianaKokomo1.12590$27,000
IndianaLafayette1.121,030$26,000
IndianaMichigan City1.53770$28,000
IndianaMuncie2.261,280$27,000
IndianaSouth Bend1.22,150$26,000
IndianaTerre Haute1.621,340$27,000
IowaAmes1.9840$35,000
IowaCedar Rapids0.851,470$27,000
IowaDavenport0.922,160$27,000
IowaDes Moines0.73,010$30,000
IowaDubuque1.53970$24,000
IowaIowa City1.741,470$33,000
IowaSioux City1.02880$25,000
IowaWaterloo1.141,150$26,000
KansasLawrence1.94980$27,000
KansasTopeka11,370$24,000
KansasWichita0.682,750$25,000
KentuckyBowling Green0.83550$23,000
KentuckyElizabethtown1.38700$25,000
KentuckyLexington0.983,170$26,000
KentuckyLouisville0.796,560$27,000
KentuckyOwensboro1.72970$24,000
LouisianaAlexandria1.711,200$23,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge1.255,980$25,000
LouisianaHouma1.571,830$24,000
LouisianaLafayette1.783,120$24,000
LouisianaLake Charles1.471,600$23,000
LouisianaMonroe1.911,810$23,000
LouisianaNew Orleans1.49,450$27,000
LouisianaShreveport1.292,820$25,000
MaineBangor1.641,280$28,000
MaineLewiston1.16670$27,000
MainePortland1.23,090$30,000
MarylandBaltimore1.1820,770$33,000
MarylandBethesda0.997,530$36,000
MarylandCumberland1.61650$26,000
MarylandHagerstown1.121,410$27,000
MarylandSalisbury1.38850$27,000
MassachusettsBarnstable Town0.791,000$34,000
MassachusettsBoston0.921,000$38,000
MassachusettsBrockton1.051,140$36,000
MassachusettsFramingham0.661,360$38,000
MassachusettsHaverhill0.91880$32,000
MassachusettsLawrence0.8570$30,000
MassachusettsLeominster0.94560$29,000
MassachusettsLowell0.761,140$34,000
MassachusettsLynn0.63790$36,000
MassachusettsNew Bedford1.1830$30,000
MassachusettsPittsfield0.82340$31,000
MassachusettsSpringfield0.873,490$32,000
MassachusettsTaunton0.71390$32,000
MassachusettsWorcester0.842,790$33,000
MichiganAnn Arbor1.322,940$36,000
MichiganBattle Creek1.51900$29,000
MichiganBay City1.25480$28,000
MichiganDetroit0.77,100$34,000
MichiganFlint1.092,010$30,000
MichiganGrand Rapids0.784,030$30,000
MichiganHolland0.811,090$30,000
MichiganJackson1.4920$32,000
MichiganKalamazoo1.061,930$29,000
MichiganLansing1.423,730$34,000
MichiganMonroe0.96440$31,000
MichiganMuskegon0.92690$29,000
MichiganNiles1.17860$27,000
MichiganSaginaw1.061,070$31,000
MichiganWarren0.7512,060$34,000
MinnesotaDuluth0.43700$33,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis0.276,690$35,000
MinnesotaRochester0.27280$36,000
MinnesotaSt Cloud0.43530$31,000
MississippiGulfport1.62,110$26,000
MississippiHattiesburg2.281,590$23,000
MississippiJackson1.96,330$26,000
MississippiPascagoula1.82920$25,000
MissouriColumbia0.87880$26,000
MissouriJefferson City1.21,020$27,000
MissouriJoplin0.6580$23,000
MissouriKansas City0.699,550$28,000
MissouriSpringfield0.691,750$25,000
MissouriSt Joseph1.06600$25,000
MissouriSt Louis0.7714,240$30,000
MontanaBillings1.871,870$24,000
MontanaGreat Falls2.35920$23,000
MontanaMissoula2.211,410$25,000
NebraskaLincoln0.941,930$27,000
NebraskaOmaha0.784,810$29,000
NevadaCarson City3.311,080$36,000
NevadaLas Vegas0.678,560$33,000
NevadaReno0.972,770$34,000
New HampshireManchester1.341,680$30,000
New HampshireNashua0.821,440$30,000
New HampshirePortsmouth1.06740$31,000
New HampshireRochester1.19780$29,000
New JerseyAtlantic City1.292,310$33,000
New JerseyCamden1.510,880$34,000
New JerseyEdison1.4319,970$34,000
New JerseyNewark1.4820,400$35,000
New JerseyOcean City1.99950$31,000
New JerseyTrenton1.955,590$39,000
New JerseyVineland1.521,060$32,000
New MexicoAlbuquerque1.738,960$27,000
New MexicoFarmington2.471,510$25,000
New MexicoLas Cruces2.581,840$25,000
New MexicoSanta Fe1.751,130$28,000
New YorkAlbany1.639,570$32,000
New YorkBinghamton1.552,140$27,000
New YorkBuffalo1.611,520$28,000
New YorkElmira1.69730$28,000
New YorkGlens Falls1.91,140$27,000
New YorkIthaca2.61,190$31,000
New YorkKingston2.111,520$29,000
New YorkNassau1.7129,140$32,000
New YorkNew York1.46100,950$34,000
New YorkPoughkeepsie1.75,410$31,000
New YorkRochester1.5410,430$29,000
New YorkSyracuse1.345,430$28,000
New YorkUtica1.512,450$28,000
North CarolinaAsheville1.22,770$27,000
North CarolinaBurlington1.14800$28,000
North CarolinaCharlotte0.9210,890$29,000
North CarolinaDurham0.913,170$31,000
North CarolinaFayetteville1.051,590$27,000
North CarolinaGoldsboro1.68780$25,000
North CarolinaGreensboro1.075,340$28,000
North CarolinaGreenville1.381,180$27,000
North CarolinaHickory0.992,140$27,000
North CarolinaJacksonville2.03920$24,000
North CarolinaRaleigh1.077,310$30,000
North CarolinaRocky Mount1.491,070$26,000
North CarolinaWilmington1.322,430$26,000
North CarolinaWinston Salem12,860$29,000
North DakotaBismarck0.79520$30,000
North DakotaFargo0.65950$30,000
North DakotaGrand Forks0.95560$29,000
OhioAkron1.044,680$29,000
OhioCanton12,230$27,000
OhioCincinnati0.7210,170$31,000
OhioCleveland0.8712,660$32,000
OhioColumbus0.779,610$32,000
OhioDayton0.834,390$31,000
OhioLima1.05680$27,000
OhioMansfield1.03640$26,000
OhioSandusky0.97390$30,000
OhioSpringfield1.01580$27,000
OhioToledo0.813,510$30,000
OhioYoungstown0.932,940$26,000
OklahomaLawton2.61,080$27,000
OklahomaOklahoma City1.068,130$25,000
OklahomaTulsa0.895,080$24,000
OregonBend0.78660$30,000
OregonCorvallis0.79270$28,000
OregonEugene0.91,740$28,000
OregonMedford1.171,220$28,000
OregonPortland0.811,280$31,000
OregonSalem0.981,870$29,000
PennsylvaniaAllentown1.165,170$29,000
PennsylvaniaAltoona1.26930$24,000
PennsylvaniaErie0.961,600$26,000
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1.154,600$30,000
PennsylvaniaJohnstown1.681,170$23,000
PennsylvaniaLancaster0.912,790$28,000
PennsylvaniaLebanon1.17620$28,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1.0225,920$31,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh0.914,100$28,000
PennsylvaniaReading1.142,420$26,000
PennsylvaniaScranton13,450$27,000
PennsylvaniaState College2.091,500$28,000
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport1.34800$25,000
PennsylvaniaYork0.942,190$27,000
Rhode IslandProvidence0.967,600$33,000
South CarolinaAnderson1.26900$26,000
South CarolinaCharleston1.194,580$29,000
South CarolinaColumbia0.964,460$27,000
South CarolinaFlorence1.281,390$25,000
South CarolinaGreenville1.064,320$28,000
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach0.961,460$25,000
South CarolinaSpartanburg0.861,350$29,000
South CarolinaSumter1.29510$25,000
South DakotaRapid City1.23910$23,000
South DakotaSioux Falls0.731,260$24,000
TennesseeChattanooga12,940$26,000
TennesseeClarksville1.061,000$24,000
TennesseeCleveland1.31570$24,000
TennesseeJackson1.05680$24,000
TennesseeJohnson City1.271,190$23,000
TennesseeKingsport0.61880$23,000
TennesseeKnoxville1.054,660$26,000
TennesseeMemphis0.867,320$27,000
TennesseeMorristown1.18650$24,000
TennesseeNashville0.737,600$28,000
TexasAbilene2.061,490$22,000
TexasAmarillo1.591,980$24,000
TexasAustin1.1611,700$27,000
TexasBeaumont1.452,930$25,000
TexasBrownsville1.862,880$22,000
TexasCollege Station2.392,320$25,000
TexasCorpus Christi1.43,130$24,000
TexasDallas1.1231,660$28,000
TexasEl Paso1.695,760$24,000
TexasFort Worth1.2113,630$27,000
TexasHouston1.3245,280$27,000
TexasKilleen1.662,420$23,000
TexasLaredo1.851,810$22,000
TexasLongview1.711,940$23,000
TexasLubbock1.221,790$24,000
TexasMcallen1.363,740$22,000
TexasMidland1.971,470$24,000
TexasOdessa2.191,410$23,000
TexasSan Angelo2.231,000$23,000
TexasSan Antonio1.3414,830$26,000
TexasSherman1.86860$26,000
TexasTexarkana1.54910$23,000
TexasTyler1.761,990$24,000
TexasVictoria21,100$22,000
TexasWaco1.682,030$24,000
TexasWichita Falls1.851,230$23,000
UtahLogan2.71,330$25,000
UtahOgden1.23,000$27,000
UtahSalt Lake City18,210$28,000
UtahSt George2.381,380$23,000
VermontBurlington1.41,940$29,000
VirginiaBlacksburg0.7470$28,000
VirginiaCharlottesville0.67790$36,000
VirginiaDanville0.42170$25,000
VirginiaHarrisonburg0.28180$29,000
VirginiaLynchburg0.47600$29,000
VirginiaRichmond0.312,520$31,000
VirginiaRoanoke0.32650$29,000
VirginiaVirginia Beach0.383,940$32,000
VirginiaWinchester0.62390$28,000
WashingtonBellingham0.8780$32,000
WashingtonBremerton0.77750$34,000
WashingtonKennewick0.92990$34,000
WashingtonLongview0.99380$32,000
WashingtonMount Vernon1.04520$34,000
WashingtonOlympia1.311,550$35,000
WashingtonSeattle0.5510,670$36,000
WashingtonSpokane0.732,010$32,000
WashingtonTacoma0.812,910$36,000
WashingtonWenatchee0.96450$32,000
WashingtonYakima0.8800$30,000
West VirginiaCharleston1.262,360$26,000
West VirginiaHuntington1.191,710$23,000
West VirginiaMorgantown1.16700$25,000
West VirginiaParkersburg1.17980$25,000
West VirginiaWeirton1.4670$23,000
West VirginiaWheeling1.321,040$23,000
WisconsinAppleton1.021,490$29,000
WisconsinEau Claire1.271,170$28,000
WisconsinFond1.1540$29,000
WisconsinGreen Bay1.132,420$29,000
WisconsinJanesville1.1890$27,000
WisconsinLa Crosse0.81700$28,000
WisconsinMadison1.325,780$31,000
WisconsinMilwaukee0.9411,020$31,000
WisconsinOshkosh1.141,170$30,000
WisconsinRacine1.04990$29,000
WisconsinSheboygan1.01690$29,000
WisconsinWausau1.351,120$25,000
WyomingCasper2.29960$25,000
WyomingCheyenne1.94890$26,000

 

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