Administrative Assistant
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The Administrative Assistant Certificate gets students ready to work as an assistant in any modern office. The skills include keyboarding, Microsoft Office Suite, telephone professionalism, and business and professional writing. These skills are specifically sought after in large and small businesses. |
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Median annual earnings of secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive, were $27,450 in May 2006. The middle 50 percent earned between $21,830 and $34,250. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $17,560, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $41,550. Median annual earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive in May 2006 were:
- Local government $30,350
- General medical and surgical hospitals $28,810
- Colleges, universities, and professional schools $28,700
- Elementary and secondary schools $28,120
- Employment services $26,810
- Management of companies and enterprises $41,570
- Local government $38,670
- Colleges, universities, and professional schools $36,510
- State government $35,830
- Employment services $31,600
Job Growth:
Employment of secretaries and administrative assistants is expected to grow about as fast as average for all occupations. Secretaries and administrative assistants will have among the largest numbers of new jobs arise, about 362,000 over the 2006-16 period. Additional opportunities will result from the need to replace workers who transfer to other occupations or leave this occupation. Employment of secretaries and administrative assistants is expected to increase about 9 percent, which is about as fast as average for all occupations, between 2006 and 2016.
Projected employment varies by occupational specialty. Above average employment growth in the health care and social assistance industry should lead to faster than average growth for medical secretaries, while moderate growth in legal services is projected to lead to average growth in employment of legal secretaries. Employment of executive secretaries and administrative assistants is projected to grow faster than average for all occupations. Growing industries—such as administrative and support services; health care and social assistance; professional, scientific, and technical services—will continue to generate the most new jobs. Little or no change in employment is expected for secretaries, except legal, medical, or executive, who account for about 46 percent of all secretaries and administrative assistants.
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