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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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston1,190$27,670 2.1
AlabamaAuburn1,140$27,670 2.1
AlabamaBirmingham12,180$29,9901.7
AlabamaDecatur940$26,6101.4
AlabamaDothan1,480$25,5202
AlabamaFlorence1,140$26,0001.8
AlabamaGadsden790$26,6202
AlabamaHuntsville4,050$29,8201.4
AlabamaMobile4,000$26,8501.6
AlabamaMontgomery4,390$28,5601.9
AlabamaTuscaloosa1,940$28,6701.7
AlaskaAnchorage1,620$35,0300.7
AlaskaFairbanks390$36,1101
ArizonaFlagstaff980$29,2901.4
ArizonaKingman960$26,3901.5
ArizonaPhoenix19,020$30,3000.7
ArizonaPrescott1,050$27,1201.3
ArizonaTucson4,950$29,3801
ArizonaYuma720$25,2200.9
ArkansasFayetteville3,180$27,0901.2
ArkansasFort Smith1,440$24,2400.9
ArkansasHot Springs640$23,6801.5
ArkansasJonesboro640$22,9301.1
ArkansasLittle Rock4,660$26,3501
ArkansasPine Bluff640$22,7001.6
CaliforniaBakersfield1,970$33,3400.5
CaliforniaChico510$28,7100.6
CaliforniaEl Centro580$28,0300.9
CaliforniaFresno2,480$29,7600.5
CaliforniaHanford240$30,8300.7
CaliforniaMadera350$25,6400.8
CaliforniaMerced540$32,9000.8
CaliforniaModesto1,270$32,3500.6
CaliforniaNapa610$36,1100.8
CaliforniaOakland6,550$40,3700.4
CaliforniaOxnard2,110$37,0000.5
CaliforniaRedding570$28,6900.7
CaliforniaRiverside8,450$32,2300.5
CaliforniaSacramento6,420$34,6400.5
CaliforniaSalinas980$33,6000.5
CaliforniaSan Diego9,160$34,1000.5
CaliforniaSan Francisco5,750$39,4300.4
CaliforniaSan Jose4,610$37,5800.4
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo810$31,6100.6
CaliforniaSanta Ana10,200$35,8900.5
CaliforniaSanta Barbara1,940$34,2700.9
CaliforniaSanta Cruz670$32,8500.6
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1,510$35,8800.6
CaliforniaStockton1,280$33,9800.4
CaliforniaVallejo960$36,4600.6
CaliforniaVisalia1,210$28,3800.7
CaliforniaYuba City390$32,3600.8
ColoradoBoulder2,730$32,3801.3
ColoradoColorado Springs5,480$29,3901.6
ColoradoDenver22,180$33,2501.2
ColoradoFort Collins2,930$29,9801.8
ColoradoGrand Junction1,630$28,680 2.3
ColoradoGreeley1,680$29,1901.8
ColoradoPueblo1,140$26,4901.7
ConnecticutBridgeport6,640$36,5601.1
ConnecticutDanbury1,040$34,9301.2
ConnecticutHartford8,390$36,6201
ConnecticutNew Haven4,410$35,3901.1
ConnecticutNorwich2,410$34,7701.5
ConnecticutWaterbury1,310$32,7801.5
DelawareDover1,260$33,2301.9
DelawareWilmington4,750$32,3201
District of ColumbiaWashington22,840$42,1000.7
FloridaCape Coral4,570$29,3901.6
FloridaDeltona4,320$25,820 2.1
FloridaFort Lauderdale14,030$28,4801.4
FloridaFort Walton Beach1,720$27,6401.8
FloridaGainesville2,490$26,8901.6
FloridaJacksonville10,430$28,0201.2
FloridaLakeland3,710$25,6101.4
FloridaMiami19,930$28,9701.4
FloridaNaples2,660$28,8101.7
FloridaOcala2,380$25,8801.9
FloridaOrlando18,010$27,3601.2
FloridaPalm Bay4,250$27,4801.6
FloridaPalm Coast440$27,100 3.1
FloridaPanama City1,210$26,5101.4
FloridaPensacola3,750$26,8001.9
FloridaPort St Lucie3,210$27,8001.9
FloridaPunta Gorda1,220$26,520 2.6
FloridaSarasota5,370$28,9001.5
FloridaSebastian990$27,2401.7
FloridaTallahassee3,760$27,4501.7
FloridaTampa21,710$26,8601.3
FloridaWest Palm Beach11,090$29,9701.5
GeorgiaAlbany1,150$25,3701.5
GeorgiaAthens1,390$25,5501.4
GeorgiaAtlanta24,320$29,3000.7
GeorgiaAugusta3,320$26,1101.2
GeorgiaBrunswick700$23,1001.4
GeorgiaColumbus1,550$24,9901.1
GeorgiaDalton890$28,9900.9
GeorgiaGainesville1,040$25,6401.2
GeorgiaHinesville150$28,1601.1
GeorgiaMacon1,350$25,0401
GeorgiaRome580$25,4201.3
GeorgiaSavannah1,930$24,5901
GeorgiaValdosta800$24,3901.2
GeorgiaWarner Robins580$26,2800.9
HawaiiHonolulu5,490$34,7600.9
IdahoBoise1,630$31,0700.4
IdahoCoeur Dalene460$28,9300.7
IdahoIdaho Falls350$27,6500.6
IdahoLewiston300$32,4401.2
IdahoPocatello270$27,2100.8
IllinoisBloomington810$30,4000.9
IllinoisChampaign2,700$33,800 2.2
IllinoisChicago41,980$32,7800.8
IllinoisDanville380$28,1101.3
IllinoisDecatur690$26,6801.2
IllinoisKankakee640$26,1401.4
IllinoisPeoria2,290$28,8201
IllinoisRockford1,700$28,8100.8
IllinoisSpringfield1,760$29,6601.3
IndianaAnderson550$25,1801.2
IndianaBloomington840$27,4201
IndianaColumbus540$29,3401.1
IndianaElkhart1,320$28,0200.8
IndianaEvansville2,160$26,9300.9
IndianaFort Wayne3,100$28,7001.1
IndianaGary4,220$29,1801.1
IndianaIndianapolis13,170$30,2301
IndianaKokomo530$27,0301.3
IndianaLafayette1,350$28,4901.4
IndianaMichigan City720$29,7201.4
IndianaMuncie1,080$28,6702
IndianaSouth Bend2,040$27,6401.1
IndianaTerre Haute1,120$27,7601.3
IowaAmes830$35,3401.8
IowaCedar Rapids1,380$27,5400.8
IowaDavenport2,190$27,3600.9
IowaDes Moines3,510$30,2200.8
IowaDubuque940$24,7101.5
IowaIowa City1,330$34,0201.5
IowaSioux City780$25,6000.9
IowaWaterloo1,010$26,8500.9
KansasLawrence930$27,2601.7
KansasTopeka1,460$25,3201
KansasWichita3,030$26,0900.7
KentuckyBowling Green640$23,4100.9
KentuckyElizabethtown610$25,8501.2
KentuckyLexington2,790$26,7400.8
KentuckyLouisville6,310$26,8900.7
KentuckyOwensboro730$24,9601.2
LouisianaAlexandria1,350$23,8001.8
LouisianaBaton Rouge6,360$26,8901.2
LouisianaHouma2,190$25,2201.8
LouisianaLafayette3,060$24,9901.6
LouisianaLake Charles1,710$22,9101.5
LouisianaMonroe1,750$23,7301.7
LouisianaNew Orleans10,050$27,4001.4
LouisianaShreveport3,200$25,8301.3
MaineBangor1,240$28,9001.5
MaineLewiston640$28,7301.1
MainePortland3,050$31,7001.1
MarylandBaltimore19,590$34,5201.1
MarylandBethesda8,360$37,5001
MarylandCumberland640$28,0301.5
MarylandHagerstown1,500$28,1401.2
MarylandSalisbury850$28,0701.3
MassachusettsBarnstable Town760$35,4900.6
MassachusettsBoston22,280$38,8600.9
MassachusettsBrockton1,290$35,8101.1
MassachusettsFramingham1,820$38,2100.8
MassachusettsHaverhill1,120$33,4501.1
MassachusettsLawrence550$30,9700.8
MassachusettsLeominster450$29,9400.7
MassachusettsLowell1,110$37,1300.7
MassachusettsNew Bedford640$33,1300.8
MassachusettsPittsfield320$33,6500.8
MassachusettsSpringfield4,060$32,5801
MassachusettsTaunton290$33,8700.5
MassachusettsWorcester3,510$33,8801
MichiganAnn Arbor2,270$34,9301
MichiganBattle Creek700$31,1701.2
MichiganBay City550$27,0101.3
MichiganDetroit7,720$34,4200.8
MichiganFlint2,100$31,1301.1
MichiganGrand Rapids4,930$30,6700.9
MichiganHolland1,160$28,6600.9
MichiganJackson870$31,9601.4
MichiganKalamazoo1,740$28,9201
MichiganLansing4,630$36,3601.8
MichiganMonroe450$29,8001
MichiganMuskegon910$30,5101.2
MichiganNiles960$27,3601.2
MichiganSaginaw1,100$31,5901.1
MichiganWarren12,400$33,8300.8
MinnesotaDuluth610$33,8300.4
MinnesotaMinneapolis6,460$36,2200.3
MinnesotaRochester360$34,8000.3
MinnesotaSt Cloud500$32,6600.4
MississippiGulfport2,480$27,1601.7
MississippiHattiesburg1,570$24,470 2.2
MississippiJackson6,350$26,6701.8
MississippiPascagoula810$25,2801.4
MissouriColumbia1,010$26,8401
MissouriJefferson City1,350$28,3601.6
MissouriJoplin630$22,8000.6
MissouriKansas City9,690$29,1600.7
MissouriSpringfield1,800$25,0000.7
MissouriSt Joseph570$24,5300.9
MissouriSt Louis15,650$30,7500.8
MontanaBillings1,920$26,2501.8
MontanaGreat Falls880$23,770 2.2
MontanaMissoula1,590$25,960 2.5
NebraskaLincoln1,870$28,2300.8
NebraskaOmaha4,830$27,9300.7
NevadaCarson City1,020$37,340 3.3
NevadaLas Vegas7,990$34,3900.6
NevadaReno2,590$34,2700.9
New HampshireManchester1,760$30,8801.3
New HampshireNashua1,820$31,6301
New HampshirePortsmouth790$32,2101.1
New HampshireRochester890$29,0001.3
New JerseyAtlantic City2,260$34,9101.1
New JerseyCamden10,990$33,9301.5
New JerseyEdison20,720$34,0301.4
New JerseyNewark20,630$35,3001.4
New JerseyOcean City890$32,1101.8
New JerseyTrenton5,410$38,9601.8
New JerseyVineland960$32,2601.3
New MexicoAlbuquerque8,280$27,9101.5
New MexicoFarmington1,460$26,530 2.3
New MexicoLas Cruces1,710$26,050 2.2
New MexicoSanta Fe1,410$29,5201.8
New YorkAlbany9,620$32,9901.6
New YorkBinghamton2,280$27,3001.6
New YorkBuffalo11,210$28,5701.5
New YorkElmira640$27,8101.5
New YorkGlens Falls1,240$28,2701.9
New YorkIthaca1,310$36,820 2.6
New YorkKingston1,560$29,290 2.1
New YorkNassau27,780$33,0501.6
New YorkNew York99,450$34,0601.4
New YorkPoughkeepsie5,270$31,1601.6
New YorkRochester10,650$28,8901.5
New YorkSyracuse5,620$28,7701.3
New YorkUtica2,330$28,9701.4
North CarolinaAsheville2,860$27,9401.2
North CarolinaBurlington770$29,1801
North CarolinaCharlotte10,630$30,2800.8
North CarolinaDurham3,080$31,6500.8
North CarolinaFayetteville1,700$27,3501.1
North CarolinaGoldsboro840$25,7401.9
North CarolinaGreensboro4,810$28,8400.9
North CarolinaGreenville1,100$27,4201.2
North CarolinaHickory1,970$27,4600.9
North CarolinaJacksonville740$25,9401.5
North CarolinaRaleigh7,770$30,9601.1
North CarolinaRocky Mount960$27,5701.3
North CarolinaWilmington2,670$26,5501.4
North CarolinaWinston Salem3,080$29,3701
North DakotaBismarck530$30,2800.8
North DakotaFargo770$31,6100.5
North DakotaGrand Forks550$29,4500.9
OhioAkron4,640$29,4901
OhioCanton2,290$27,0101
OhioCincinnati9,630$31,2200.7
OhioCleveland12,180$32,0600.8
OhioColumbus10,270$32,8000.8
OhioDayton4,250$31,6100.8
OhioLima590$28,3500.9
OhioMansfield570$28,0300.9
OhioSandusky370$30,8300.9
OhioSpringfield650$28,0701.1
OhioToledo3,460$28,4200.8
OhioYoungstown2,950$26,8500.9
OklahomaLawton1,140$28,830 2.6
OklahomaOklahoma City7,150$26,0900.9
OklahomaTulsa5,220$25,7600.9
OregonBend830$29,7701
OregonCorvallis380$31,5001.1
OregonEugene1,940$29,1701
OregonMedford1,230$28,9401.1
OregonPortland12,600$32,7700.9
OregonSalem2,400$30,7701.2
PennsylvaniaAllentown5,640$29,8501.2
PennsylvaniaAltoona1,040$23,7301.4
PennsylvaniaErie1,700$27,4701
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg4,620$30,8401.1
PennsylvaniaJohnstown1,160$23,7001.7
PennsylvaniaLancaster3,150$28,1501
PennsylvaniaLebanon830$27,5401.5
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia27,230$31,5401
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh15,520$28,2301
PennsylvaniaReading2,570$27,6301.2
PennsylvaniaScranton3,600$27,1601
PennsylvaniaState College1,440$28,330 2.1
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport910$25,6701.5
PennsylvaniaYork2,520$27,9701
Rhode IslandProvidence7,370$34,0300.9
South CarolinaAnderson990$26,7401.3
South CarolinaCharleston4,300$31,0301.1
South CarolinaColumbia4,090$28,9100.8
South CarolinaFlorence1,170$26,3801.1
South CarolinaGreenville5,110$28,4101.2
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach1,610$28,0501
South CarolinaSpartanburg1,550$29,5801
South CarolinaSumter590$26,5301.4
South DakotaRapid City1,030$23,7101.3
South DakotaSioux Falls1,370$24,5500.7
TennesseeChattanooga2,720$27,2900.8
TennesseeClarksville880$24,3100.9
TennesseeCleveland510$24,4001.2
TennesseeJackson750$25,1201.1
TennesseeJohnson City1,170$23,1101.2
TennesseeKingsport1,030$24,6400.7
TennesseeKnoxville5,030$26,8201.1
TennesseeMemphis7,160$28,3000.8
TennesseeMorristown590$24,5801
TennesseeNashville8,620$28,3700.8
TexasAbilene1,500$23,7001.9
TexasAmarillo2,390$24,4701.8
TexasAustin13,130$28,2301.2
TexasBeaumont2,830$25,8501.3
TexasBrownsville3,120$23,5901.9
TexasCollege Station2,260$26,180 2.3
TexasCorpus Christi3,320$25,1001.4
TexasDallas32,930$28,8501.1
TexasEl Paso5,800$23,8901.6
TexasFort Worth14,010$28,5001.1
TexasHouston45,860$28,0801.2
TexasKilleen2,600$23,8901.6
TexasLaredo1,790$22,7601.7
TexasLongview2,030$24,4201.7
TexasLubbock2,130$26,2901.3
TexasMcallen4,230$23,3001.4
TexasMidland1,320$26,5701.6
TexasOdessa1,410$24,340 2
TexasSan Angelo980$23,440 2
TexasSan Antonio15,860$26,7801.3
TexasSherman760$25,6601.6
TexasTexarkana980$25,5501.5
TexasTyler2,030$25,1001.7
TexasVictoria1,110$23,3902
TexasWaco1,950$24,5601.6
TexasWichita Falls1,350$24,5001.9
UtahLogan1,110$25,3102
UtahOgden3,520$27,1301.3
UtahSalt Lake City10,540$28,5401.2
UtahSt George1,260$24,610 2.1
VermontBurlington1,750$28,9801.2
VirginiaBlacksburg290$26,0500.4
VirginiaCharlottesville440$34,8000.4
VirginiaDanville160$25,2700.4
VirginiaHarrisonburg200$29,3700.3
VirginiaLynchburg540$26,7100.4
VirginiaRichmond2,650$32,7900.3
VirginiaRoanoke710$30,8000.3
VirginiaVirginia Beach3,920$31,4500.4
VirginiaWinchester310$28,0500.5
WashingtonBellingham830$31,7600.8
WashingtonBremerton910$35,5500.9
WashingtonKennewick1,270$34,2201.1
WashingtonLongview440$32,5801.1
WashingtonMount Vernon500$34,0400.9
WashingtonOlympia1,970$37,8401.6
WashingtonSeattle11,810$36,0200.6
WashingtonSpokane2,020$32,6100.7
WashingtonTacoma3,150$35,7100.8
WashingtonWenatchee480$32,9101
WashingtonYakima1,050$31,4301
West VirginiaCharleston2,340$25,2401.2
West VirginiaHuntington1,520$24,0501
West VirginiaMorgantown610$26,2001.1
West VirginiaParkersburg900$25,6201
West VirginiaWeirton530$23,9401.1
West VirginiaWheeling940$22,9801.2
WisconsinAppleton1,270$31,1200.8
WisconsinEau Claire1,020$28,2401
WisconsinFond460$31,3500.9
WisconsinGreen Bay1,990$29,3900.9
WisconsinJanesville800$26,7501
WisconsinLa Crosse740$28,7500.9
WisconsinMadison4,580$32,5701
WisconsinMilwaukee10,110$31,3400.8
WisconsinOshkosh1,070$30,6501
WisconsinRacine860$29,4000.9
WisconsinSheboygan500$30,2800.7
WisconsinWausau850$25,8101
WyomingCasper960$26,430 2.1
WyomingCheyenne990$26,2301.9
 

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