Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive resume
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Also called admin assistant, administrative assistant, administrative support assistant and ASA.
$47,540
Median pay a year
1,706,790
People do this work
6
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Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Summary
Secretary performing routine administrative tasks, answering calls, greeting visitors, managing files, scheduling appointments, and maintaining office equipment in a busy office environment
Experience
Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Answered telephones and provided information to callers or transferred calls
Greeted visitors and handled their inquiries or directed them to the right person
Created and maintained information in databases using computers
Operated office equipment like fax machines and copiers, arranged repairs when needed
Scheduled and confirmed appointments for clients and supervisors
Managed paper and electronic filing systems, updated documents and records
Composed and distributed meeting notes and routine correspondence
Skills
Core Skills
Executing sales transactions, Operating office equipment, Distributing materials, Ordering equipment, Searching files, Compiling data or documentation, Proofreading files, Developing computer applications, Sending information
Checking & Planning
Selecting needed resources
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On site, Remote
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Answered phones and took messagesGreeted visitors and helped themEntered information into databasesUsed computers for office tasksOperated office machines and fixed themScheduled and confirmed appointments
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Answered phones and directed calls, ensuring efficient communication within the office
Took messages and provided information to callers, enhancing customer service
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Answered several calls each hour and directed them, ensuring efficient communication within the office
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Several each hourA few dozen dailyMost calls during busy times
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Took messages and provided information to callers, enhancing customer service
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Fewer follow-up calls neededQuicker responses to inquiriesBetter satisfaction from callers
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Executing sales transactions
Operating office equipment
Sending information
Distributing materials
Ordering equipment
Searching files
Compiling data or documentation
Proofreading files
Selecting needed resources
Developing computer applications
Maintaining current knowledge
Developing organizational policies
The work itself
What a Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive does
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Perform routine administrative functions such as drafting correspondence, scheduling appointments, organizing and maintaining paper and electronic files, or providing information to callers.
What it pays
How much does a Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$38,830
Median
$47,540
75th percentile
$58,000
About 1,706,790 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$41,760
$48,530
$58,910
AL
$35,580
$41,630
$49,120
AR
$31,720
$37,630
$46,210
AZ
$40,510
$47,940
$55,860
CA
$46,390
$55,400
$65,400
CO
$42,840
$48,690
$58,170
CT
$47,630
$57,210
$66,050
DC
$47,370
$59,910
$73,340
DE
$40,230
$47,970
$58,600
FL
$37,840
$45,900
$53,340
GA
$32,130
$41,600
$52,090
HI
$43,920
$50,830
$60,410
IA
$38,040
$45,150
$51,070
ID
$36,770
$43,710
$49,350
IL
$39,050
$48,310
$61,180
IN
$36,860
$44,270
$50,050
KS
$35,960
$42,270
$49,380
KY
$36,970
$44,200
$51,370
LA
$31,840
$38,790
$46,710
MA
$48,150
$57,940
$64,240
MD
$41,030
$48,680
$59,290
ME
$44,750
$49,820
$57,570
MI
$38,350
$46,020
$53,090
MN
$44,860
$51,400
$60,540
MO
$36,750
$43,540
$49,930
MS
$30,430
$37,340
$46,490
MT
$37,210
$43,940
$48,450
NC
$38,100
$45,790
$51,870
ND
$40,270
$47,480
$53,880
NE
$39,710
$46,760
$54,080
NH
$40,880
$48,080
$56,680
NJ
$43,200
$50,260
$61,370
NM
$38,200
$46,450
$55,720
NV
$39,440
$46,570
$54,500
NY
$43,920
$49,600
$59,100
OH
$38,170
$46,230
$53,710
OK
$32,230
$39,660
$48,310
OR
$45,460
$51,740
$61,020
PA
$37,980
$46,270
$53,090
PR
$22,600
$25,730
$29,680
RI
$44,770
$52,140
$61,630
SC
$36,880
$44,880
$52,420
SD
$36,280
$41,700
$47,670
TN
$37,040
$45,810
$54,000
TX
$36,030
$45,140
$53,540
UT
$37,930
$47,050
$55,260
VA
$39,040
$47,620
$57,600
VT
$44,340
$48,920
$56,620
WA
$48,840
$57,330
$64,620
WI
$42,360
$47,710
$56,030
WV
$34,090
$40,370
$47,920
WY
$38,760
$45,450
$50,310
Other names
Other names for this job
admin assistant, administrative assistant, administrative support assistant, ASA, escrow assistant, office assistant, operations assistant, personal assistant, police administrative assistant, program assistant, real estate administrative assistant, staff assistant.
More names for this work
secretaries and administrative assistants except legal medical and executive, admin secretary, admin specialist, administrative associate, administrative clerk, administrative coordinator, administrative liaison, administrative resources associate, administrative secretary, administrative specialist, administrative support specialist, administrative technician, alumni secretary, appointment scheduler, clerical secretary, clerk secretary, department secretary, escrow secretary, front desk coordinator, office administrator, office secretary, personal secretary, police, scheduling coordinator, school attendance secretary, school secretary, secretary.
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From the crosswalk the US Department of Labor publishes itself. If one of these was your job, this page is about the civilian work it maps to.
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This page is about the occupation Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.