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Admin Assistants
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Job Numbers and Growth
There are about 1,940,000 for admin assistants in the US. For this occupation the level of unemployment is relatively low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Of those surveyed, 19% of employees work part-time. Approximately 1% of admin assistants work for themselves.
Training and Education
Prior to starting this profession, consider obtaining moderate-term on-the-job training. Government data shows that 18% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. Those who have gone to college, but don't have a degree make up 49% of admin assistants. For 33% of workers a high-school education was all they required. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
The cities with the most employees jobs, compared to the population, are Carson City (Nevada), Palm Coast (Florida), and Lawton (Oklahoma). Fewer are found in Harrisonburg (Virginia), Rochester (Minnesota), and Minneapolis (Minnesota).
Admin assistants earn higher incomes in Washington (District of Columbia), Oakland (California), and Trenton (New Jersey), and lower incomes in Lake Charles (Louisiana), Wheeling (West Virginia), and Laredo (Texas).
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Admin Assistants: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Admin Assistants, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Admin Assistants are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Admin Assistants are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 1,190 $27,670 2.1Alabama Auburn 1,140 $27,670 2.1Alabama Birmingham 12,180 $29,990 1.7 Alabama Decatur 940 $26,610 1.4 Alabama Dothan 1,480 $25,520 2 Alabama Florence 1,140 $26,000 1.8 Alabama Gadsden 790 $26,620 2 Alabama Huntsville 4,050 $29,820 1.4 Alabama Mobile 4,000 $26,850 1.6 Alabama Montgomery 4,390 $28,560 1.9 Alabama Tuscaloosa 1,940 $28,670 1.7 Alaska Anchorage 1,620 $35,030 0.7 Alaska Fairbanks 390 $36,110 1 Arizona Flagstaff 980 $29,290 1.4 Arizona Kingman 960 $26,390 1.5 Arizona Phoenix 19,020 $30,300 0.7 Arizona Prescott 1,050 $27,120 1.3 Arizona Tucson 4,950 $29,380 1 Arizona Yuma 720 $25,220 0.9 Arkansas Fayetteville 3,180 $27,090 1.2 Arkansas Fort Smith 1,440 $24,240 0.9 Arkansas Hot Springs 640 $23,680 1.5 Arkansas Jonesboro 640 $22,930 1.1 Arkansas Little Rock 4,660 $26,350 1 Arkansas Pine Bluff 640 $22,700 1.6 California Bakersfield 1,970 $33,340 0.5 California Chico 510 $28,710 0.6 California El Centro 580 $28,030 0.9 California Fresno 2,480 $29,760 0.5 California Hanford 240 $30,830 0.7 California Madera 350 $25,640 0.8 California Merced 540 $32,900 0.8 California Modesto 1,270 $32,350 0.6 California Napa 610 $36,110 0.8 California Oakland 6,550 $40,370 0.4 California Oxnard 2,110 $37,000 0.5 California Redding 570 $28,690 0.7 California Riverside 8,450 $32,230 0.5 California Sacramento 6,420 $34,640 0.5 California Salinas 980 $33,600 0.5 California San Diego 9,160 $34,100 0.5 California San Francisco 5,750 $39,430 0.4 California San Jose 4,610 $37,580 0.4 California San Luis Obispo 810 $31,610 0.6 California Santa Ana 10,200 $35,890 0.5 California Santa Barbara 1,940 $34,270 0.9 California Santa Cruz 670 $32,850 0.6 California Santa Rosa 1,510 $35,880 0.6 California Stockton 1,280 $33,980 0.4 California Vallejo 960 $36,460 0.6 California Visalia 1,210 $28,380 0.7 California Yuba City 390 $32,360 0.8 Colorado Boulder 2,730 $32,380 1.3 Colorado Colorado Springs 5,480 $29,390 1.6 Colorado Denver 22,180 $33,250 1.2 Colorado Fort Collins 2,930 $29,980 1.8 Colorado Grand Junction 1,630 $28,680 2.3Colorado Greeley 1,680 $29,190 1.8 Colorado Pueblo 1,140 $26,490 1.7 Connecticut Bridgeport 6,640 $36,560 1.1 Connecticut Danbury 1,040 $34,930 1.2 Connecticut Hartford 8,390 $36,620 1 Connecticut New Haven 4,410 $35,390 1.1 Connecticut Norwich 2,410 $34,770 1.5 Connecticut Waterbury 1,310 $32,780 1.5 Delaware Dover 1,260 $33,230 1.9 Delaware Wilmington 4,750 $32,320 1 District of Columbia Washington 22,840 $42,100 0.7 Florida Cape Coral 4,570 $29,390 1.6 Florida Deltona 4,320 $25,820 2.1Florida Fort Lauderdale 14,030 $28,480 1.4 Florida Fort Walton Beach 1,720 $27,640 1.8 Florida Gainesville 2,490 $26,890 1.6 Florida Jacksonville 10,430 $28,020 1.2 Florida Lakeland 3,710 $25,610 1.4 Florida Miami 19,930 $28,970 1.4 Florida Naples 2,660 $28,810 1.7 Florida Ocala 2,380 $25,880 1.9 Florida Orlando 18,010 $27,360 1.2 Florida Palm Bay 4,250 $27,480 1.6 Florida Palm Coast 440 $27,100 3.1Florida Panama City 1,210 $26,510 1.4 Florida Pensacola 3,750 $26,800 1.9 Florida Port St Lucie 3,210 $27,800 1.9 Florida Punta Gorda 1,220 $26,520 2.6Florida Sarasota 5,370 $28,900 1.5 Florida Sebastian 990 $27,240 1.7 Florida Tallahassee 3,760 $27,450 1.7 Florida Tampa 21,710 $26,860 1.3 Florida West Palm Beach 11,090 $29,970 1.5 Georgia Albany 1,150 $25,370 1.5 Georgia Athens 1,390 $25,550 1.4 Georgia Atlanta 24,320 $29,300 0.7 Georgia Augusta 3,320 $26,110 1.2 Georgia Brunswick 700 $23,100 1.4 Georgia Columbus 1,550 $24,990 1.1 Georgia Dalton 890 $28,990 0.9 Georgia Gainesville 1,040 $25,640 1.2 Georgia Hinesville 150 $28,160 1.1 Georgia Macon 1,350 $25,040 1 Georgia Rome 580 $25,420 1.3 Georgia Savannah 1,930 $24,590 1 Georgia Valdosta 800 $24,390 1.2 Georgia Warner Robins 580 $26,280 0.9 Hawaii Honolulu 5,490 $34,760 0.9 Idaho Boise 1,630 $31,070 0.4 Idaho Coeur Dalene 460 $28,930 0.7 Idaho Idaho Falls 350 $27,650 0.6 Idaho Lewiston 300 $32,440 1.2 Idaho Pocatello 270 $27,210 0.8 Illinois Bloomington 810 $30,400 0.9 Illinois Champaign 2,700 $33,800 2.2Illinois Chicago 41,980 $32,780 0.8 Illinois Danville 380 $28,110 1.3 Illinois Decatur 690 $26,680 1.2 Illinois Kankakee 640 $26,140 1.4 Illinois Peoria 2,290 $28,820 1 Illinois Rockford 1,700 $28,810 0.8 Illinois Springfield 1,760 $29,660 1.3 Indiana Anderson 550 $25,180 1.2 Indiana Bloomington 840 $27,420 1 Indiana Columbus 540 $29,340 1.1 Indiana Elkhart 1,320 $28,020 0.8 Indiana Evansville 2,160 $26,930 0.9 Indiana Fort Wayne 3,100 $28,700 1.1 Indiana Gary 4,220 $29,180 1.1 Indiana Indianapolis 13,170 $30,230 1 Indiana Kokomo 530 $27,030 1.3 Indiana Lafayette 1,350 $28,490 1.4 Indiana Michigan City 720 $29,720 1.4 Indiana Muncie 1,080 $28,670 2 Indiana South Bend 2,040 $27,640 1.1 Indiana Terre Haute 1,120 $27,760 1.3 Iowa Ames 830 $35,340 1.8 Iowa Cedar Rapids 1,380 $27,540 0.8 Iowa Davenport 2,190 $27,360 0.9 Iowa Des Moines 3,510 $30,220 0.8 Iowa Dubuque 940 $24,710 1.5 Iowa Iowa City 1,330 $34,020 1.5 Iowa Sioux City 780 $25,600 0.9 Iowa Waterloo 1,010 $26,850 0.9 Kansas Lawrence 930 $27,260 1.7 Kansas Topeka 1,460 $25,320 1 Kansas Wichita 3,030 $26,090 0.7 Kentucky Bowling Green 640 $23,410 0.9 Kentucky Elizabethtown 610 $25,850 1.2 Kentucky Lexington 2,790 $26,740 0.8 Kentucky Louisville 6,310 $26,890 0.7 Kentucky Owensboro 730 $24,960 1.2 Louisiana Alexandria 1,350 $23,800 1.8 Louisiana Baton Rouge 6,360 $26,890 1.2 Louisiana Houma 2,190 $25,220 1.8 Louisiana Lafayette 3,060 $24,990 1.6 Louisiana Lake Charles 1,710 $22,910 1.5 Louisiana Monroe 1,750 $23,730 1.7 Louisiana New Orleans 10,050 $27,400 1.4 Louisiana Shreveport 3,200 $25,830 1.3 Maine Bangor 1,240 $28,900 1.5 Maine Lewiston 640 $28,730 1.1 Maine Portland 3,050 $31,700 1.1 Maryland Baltimore 19,590 $34,520 1.1 Maryland Bethesda 8,360 $37,500 1 Maryland Cumberland 640 $28,030 1.5 Maryland Hagerstown 1,500 $28,140 1.2 Maryland Salisbury 850 $28,070 1.3 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 760 $35,490 0.6 Massachusetts Boston 22,280 $38,860 0.9 Massachusetts Brockton 1,290 $35,810 1.1 Massachusetts Framingham 1,820 $38,210 0.8 Massachusetts Haverhill 1,120 $33,450 1.1 Massachusetts Lawrence 550 $30,970 0.8 Massachusetts Leominster 450 $29,940 0.7 Massachusetts Lowell 1,110 $37,130 0.7 Massachusetts New Bedford 640 $33,130 0.8 Massachusetts Pittsfield 320 $33,650 0.8 Massachusetts Springfield 4,060 $32,580 1 Massachusetts Taunton 290 $33,870 0.5 Massachusetts Worcester 3,510 $33,880 1 Michigan Ann Arbor 2,270 $34,930 1 Michigan Battle Creek 700 $31,170 1.2 Michigan Bay City 550 $27,010 1.3 Michigan Detroit 7,720 $34,420 0.8 Michigan Flint 2,100 $31,130 1.1 Michigan Grand Rapids 4,930 $30,670 0.9 Michigan Holland 1,160 $28,660 0.9 Michigan Jackson 870 $31,960 1.4 Michigan Kalamazoo 1,740 $28,920 1 Michigan Lansing 4,630 $36,360 1.8 Michigan Monroe 450 $29,800 1 Michigan Muskegon 910 $30,510 1.2 Michigan Niles 960 $27,360 1.2 Michigan Saginaw 1,100 $31,590 1.1 Michigan Warren 12,400 $33,830 0.8 Minnesota Duluth 610 $33,830 0.4 Minnesota Minneapolis 6,460 $36,220 0.3 Minnesota Rochester 360 $34,800 0.3 Minnesota St Cloud 500 $32,660 0.4 Mississippi Gulfport 2,480 $27,160 1.7 Mississippi Hattiesburg 1,570 $24,470 2.2Mississippi Jackson 6,350 $26,670 1.8 Mississippi Pascagoula 810 $25,280 1.4 Missouri Columbia 1,010 $26,840 1 Missouri Jefferson City 1,350 $28,360 1.6 Missouri Joplin 630 $22,800 0.6 Missouri Kansas City 9,690 $29,160 0.7 Missouri Springfield 1,800 $25,000 0.7 Missouri St Joseph 570 $24,530 0.9 Missouri St Louis 15,650 $30,750 0.8 Montana Billings 1,920 $26,250 1.8 Montana Great Falls 880 $23,770 2.2Montana Missoula 1,590 $25,960 2.5Nebraska Lincoln 1,870 $28,230 0.8 Nebraska Omaha 4,830 $27,930 0.7 Nevada Carson City 1,020 $37,340 3.3Nevada Las Vegas 7,990 $34,390 0.6 Nevada Reno 2,590 $34,270 0.9 New Hampshire Manchester 1,760 $30,880 1.3 New Hampshire Nashua 1,820 $31,630 1 New Hampshire Portsmouth 790 $32,210 1.1 New Hampshire Rochester 890 $29,000 1.3 New Jersey Atlantic City 2,260 $34,910 1.1 New Jersey Camden 10,990 $33,930 1.5 New Jersey Edison 20,720 $34,030 1.4 New Jersey Newark 20,630 $35,300 1.4 New Jersey Ocean City 890 $32,110 1.8 New Jersey Trenton 5,410 $38,960 1.8 New Jersey Vineland 960 $32,260 1.3 New Mexico Albuquerque 8,280 $27,910 1.5 New Mexico Farmington 1,460 $26,530 2.3New Mexico Las Cruces 1,710 $26,050 2.2New Mexico Santa Fe 1,410 $29,520 1.8 New York Albany 9,620 $32,990 1.6 New York Binghamton 2,280 $27,300 1.6 New York Buffalo 11,210 $28,570 1.5 New York Elmira 640 $27,810 1.5 New York Glens Falls 1,240 $28,270 1.9 New York Ithaca 1,310 $36,820 2.6New York Kingston 1,560 $29,290 2.1New York Nassau 27,780 $33,050 1.6 New York New York 99,450 $34,060 1.4 New York Poughkeepsie 5,270 $31,160 1.6 New York Rochester 10,650 $28,890 1.5 New York Syracuse 5,620 $28,770 1.3 New York Utica 2,330 $28,970 1.4 North Carolina Asheville 2,860 $27,940 1.2 North Carolina Burlington 770 $29,180 1 North Carolina Charlotte 10,630 $30,280 0.8 North Carolina Durham 3,080 $31,650 0.8 North Carolina Fayetteville 1,700 $27,350 1.1 North Carolina Goldsboro 840 $25,740 1.9 North Carolina Greensboro 4,810 $28,840 0.9 North Carolina Greenville 1,100 $27,420 1.2 North Carolina Hickory 1,970 $27,460 0.9 North Carolina Jacksonville 740 $25,940 1.5 North Carolina Raleigh 7,770 $30,960 1.1 North Carolina Rocky Mount 960 $27,570 1.3 North Carolina Wilmington 2,670 $26,550 1.4 North Carolina Winston Salem 3,080 $29,370 1 North Dakota Bismarck 530 $30,280 0.8 North Dakota Fargo 770 $31,610 0.5 North Dakota Grand Forks 550 $29,450 0.9 Ohio Akron 4,640 $29,490 1 Ohio Canton 2,290 $27,010 1 Ohio Cincinnati 9,630 $31,220 0.7 Ohio Cleveland 12,180 $32,060 0.8 Ohio Columbus 10,270 $32,800 0.8 Ohio Dayton 4,250 $31,610 0.8 Ohio Lima 590 $28,350 0.9 Ohio Mansfield 570 $28,030 0.9 Ohio Sandusky 370 $30,830 0.9 Ohio Springfield 650 $28,070 1.1 Ohio Toledo 3,460 $28,420 0.8 Ohio Youngstown 2,950 $26,850 0.9 Oklahoma Lawton 1,140 $28,830 2.6Oklahoma Oklahoma City 7,150 $26,090 0.9 Oklahoma Tulsa 5,220 $25,760 0.9 Oregon Bend 830 $29,770 1 Oregon Corvallis 380 $31,500 1.1 Oregon Eugene 1,940 $29,170 1 Oregon Medford 1,230 $28,940 1.1 Oregon Portland 12,600 $32,770 0.9 Oregon Salem 2,400 $30,770 1.2 Pennsylvania Allentown 5,640 $29,850 1.2 Pennsylvania Altoona 1,040 $23,730 1.4 Pennsylvania Erie 1,700 $27,470 1 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 4,620 $30,840 1.1 Pennsylvania Johnstown 1,160 $23,700 1.7 Pennsylvania Lancaster 3,150 $28,150 1 Pennsylvania Lebanon 830 $27,540 1.5 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 27,230 $31,540 1 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 15,520 $28,230 1 Pennsylvania Reading 2,570 $27,630 1.2 Pennsylvania Scranton 3,600 $27,160 1 Pennsylvania State College 1,440 $28,330 2.1Pennsylvania Williamsport 910 $25,670 1.5 Pennsylvania York 2,520 $27,970 1 Rhode Island Providence 7,370 $34,030 0.9 South Carolina Anderson 990 $26,740 1.3 South Carolina Charleston 4,300 $31,030 1.1 South Carolina Columbia 4,090 $28,910 0.8 South Carolina Florence 1,170 $26,380 1.1 South Carolina Greenville 5,110 $28,410 1.2 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 1,610 $28,050 1 South Carolina Spartanburg 1,550 $29,580 1 South Carolina Sumter 590 $26,530 1.4 South Dakota Rapid City 1,030 $23,710 1.3 South Dakota Sioux Falls 1,370 $24,550 0.7 Tennessee Chattanooga 2,720 $27,290 0.8 Tennessee Clarksville 880 $24,310 0.9 Tennessee Cleveland 510 $24,400 1.2 Tennessee Jackson 750 $25,120 1.1 Tennessee Johnson City 1,170 $23,110 1.2 Tennessee Kingsport 1,030 $24,640 0.7 Tennessee Knoxville 5,030 $26,820 1.1 Tennessee Memphis 7,160 $28,300 0.8 Tennessee Morristown 590 $24,580 1 Tennessee Nashville 8,620 $28,370 0.8 Texas Abilene 1,500 $23,700 1.9 Texas Amarillo 2,390 $24,470 1.8 Texas Austin 13,130 $28,230 1.2 Texas Beaumont 2,830 $25,850 1.3 Texas Brownsville 3,120 $23,590 1.9 Texas College Station 2,260 $26,180 2.3Texas Corpus Christi 3,320 $25,100 1.4 Texas Dallas 32,930 $28,850 1.1 Texas El Paso 5,800 $23,890 1.6 Texas Fort Worth 14,010 $28,500 1.1 Texas Houston 45,860 $28,080 1.2 Texas Killeen 2,600 $23,890 1.6 Texas Laredo 1,790 $22,760 1.7 Texas Longview 2,030 $24,420 1.7 Texas Lubbock 2,130 $26,290 1.3 Texas Mcallen 4,230 $23,300 1.4 Texas Midland 1,320 $26,570 1.6 Texas Odessa 1,410 $24,340 2Texas San Angelo 980 $23,440 2Texas San Antonio 15,860 $26,780 1.3 Texas Sherman 760 $25,660 1.6 Texas Texarkana 980 $25,550 1.5 Texas Tyler 2,030 $25,100 1.7 Texas Victoria 1,110 $23,390 2 Texas Waco 1,950 $24,560 1.6 Texas Wichita Falls 1,350 $24,500 1.9 Utah Logan 1,110 $25,310 2 Utah Ogden 3,520 $27,130 1.3 Utah Salt Lake City 10,540 $28,540 1.2 Utah St George 1,260 $24,610 2.1Vermont Burlington 1,750 $28,980 1.2 Virginia Blacksburg 290 $26,050 0.4 Virginia Charlottesville 440 $34,800 0.4 Virginia Danville 160 $25,270 0.4 Virginia Harrisonburg 200 $29,370 0.3 Virginia Lynchburg 540 $26,710 0.4 Virginia Richmond 2,650 $32,790 0.3 Virginia Roanoke 710 $30,800 0.3 Virginia Virginia Beach 3,920 $31,450 0.4 Virginia Winchester 310 $28,050 0.5 Washington Bellingham 830 $31,760 0.8 Washington Bremerton 910 $35,550 0.9 Washington Kennewick 1,270 $34,220 1.1 Washington Longview 440 $32,580 1.1 Washington Mount Vernon 500 $34,040 0.9 Washington Olympia 1,970 $37,840 1.6 Washington Seattle 11,810 $36,020 0.6 Washington Spokane 2,020 $32,610 0.7 Washington Tacoma 3,150 $35,710 0.8 Washington Wenatchee 480 $32,910 1 Washington Yakima 1,050 $31,430 1 West Virginia Charleston 2,340 $25,240 1.2 West Virginia Huntington 1,520 $24,050 1 West Virginia Morgantown 610 $26,200 1.1 West Virginia Parkersburg 900 $25,620 1 West Virginia Weirton 530 $23,940 1.1 West Virginia Wheeling 940 $22,980 1.2 Wisconsin Appleton 1,270 $31,120 0.8 Wisconsin Eau Claire 1,020 $28,240 1 Wisconsin Fond 460 $31,350 0.9 Wisconsin Green Bay 1,990 $29,390 0.9 Wisconsin Janesville 800 $26,750 1 Wisconsin La Crosse 740 $28,750 0.9 Wisconsin Madison 4,580 $32,570 1 Wisconsin Milwaukee 10,110 $31,340 0.8 Wisconsin Oshkosh 1,070 $30,650 1 Wisconsin Racine 860 $29,400 0.9 Wisconsin Sheboygan 500 $30,280 0.7 Wisconsin Wausau 850 $25,810 1 Wyoming Casper 960 $26,430 2.1Wyoming Cheyenne 990 $26,230 1.9
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