Secretaries & administrative assistants are most often employed by the Elementary & secondary schools industry. The average yearly wage for Secretaries & administrative assistants was $36,424 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Secretaries & administrative assistants by wage are Pest control workers, Parts salespersons, and Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers.
Secretaries & administrative assistants are part of the Office & Administrative Support Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of office & administrative support workers, Switchboard operators, including answering service, Telephone operators, Communications equipment operators, all other, Bill & account collectors, and 45 more.
The top 3 locations that employ the most Secretaries & administrative assistants are Greater Fairbanks, Greater Juneau, Ketchikan Gateway Borough & Road-Connected Alaska PUMA, AK, Carolina Municipio (Norte) PUMA, PR, and Norman, Oklahoma City (South) & Moore Cities PUMA, OK. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Secretaries & administrative assistants are Carr 53 PUMA, PR, Toa Alta & Vega Alta Municipios PUMA, PR, and Carolina Municipio (Norte) PUMA, PR.