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Administrative Support Specialists

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Across the US there are 1,618,000 administrative support specialists. This occupation has an unemployment level that is low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Employees may end up working less than full time; 19% of those in the career did so in 2008. 1% of the time administrative support specialists are self employed.

Training and Education

Finding jobs is easier for workers with work experience in a related occupation. Recent government surveys (2008) show that 18% of employees have received at least a 4 year degree. Administrative support specialists who attended college, but do not have a degree make up 49% of the total. A high school diploma was all the education obtained by 33% of workers. 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 fewest jobs (per capita) are found in Yakima (Washington), Anniston (Alabama), and Las Cruces (New Mexico), and the most jobs are found in College Station (Texas), Tallahassee (Florida), and Topeka (Kansas).

The earnings potential (not adjusted for cost of living) is highest in Newark (New Jersey), Atlantic City (New Jersey), and San Francisco (California). However, the potential is lowest in Jonesboro (Arkansas), Great Falls (Montana), and Lawton (Oklahoma).

Administrative Support Specialists: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Administrative Support Specialists, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Administrative Support Specialists 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 Administrative Support Specialists are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston100$41,7500.2
AlabamaAuburn200$44,4700.4
AlabamaBirmingham2,790$43,0000.5
AlabamaDecatur170$40,2400.3
AlabamaDothan180$40,1400.3
AlabamaFlorence120$39,6800.2
AlabamaGadsden90$45,4900.3
AlabamaHuntsville1,210$42,7400.5
AlabamaMobile680$39,7300.3
AlabamaMontgomery1,110$42,6600.6
AlabamaTuscaloosa370$42,8800.4
AlaskaAnchorage2,100$43,0401.2
AlaskaFairbanks380$41,0201.2
ArizonaFlagstaff790$34,7501.4
ArizonaKingman430$33,0800.8
ArizonaPhoenix25,080$37,8001.1
ArizonaPrescott810$32,3901.2
ArizonaTucson5,040$37,2001.2
ArizonaYuma520$32,7700.8
ArkansasFayetteville1,500$35,6500.7
ArkansasFort Smith590$36,1400.5
ArkansasHot Springs230$36,1900.6
ArkansasJonesboro220$31,2900.4
ArkansasLittle Rock3,070$34,1500.8
ArkansasPine Bluff170$32,8400.5
CaliforniaBakersfield2,130$39,7500.7
CaliforniaChico840$35,6701.1
CaliforniaEl Centro390$42,1100.7
CaliforniaFresno2,700$41,4100.7
CaliforniaHanford180$38,6200.6
CaliforniaMadera290$38,8400.8
CaliforniaMerced460$39,8500.8
CaliforniaModesto1,520$42,8800.8
CaliforniaNapa1,040$48,9001.5
CaliforniaOakland16,470$48,9401.3
CaliforniaOxnard4,670$44,1701.4
CaliforniaRedding870$36,7701.2
CaliforniaRiverside12,440$42,0200.8
CaliforniaSacramento12,030$42,7901.1
CaliforniaSalinas1,730$41,4301
CaliforniaSan Diego19,870$44,2501.3
CaliforniaSan Francisco21,280$53,9701.8
CaliforniaSan Jose15,300$52,2301.4
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo1,250$42,1801.1
CaliforniaSanta Ana22,640$46,5901.2
CaliforniaSanta Barbara2,680$44,6101.4
CaliforniaSanta Cruz1,240$42,3701.3
CaliforniaSanta Rosa2,780$45,2701.3
CaliforniaStockton2,190$40,3600.9
CaliforniaVallejo1,420$41,0601
CaliforniaVisalia860$38,2500.6
CaliforniaYuba City430$42,3201.1
ColoradoBoulder3,060$46,8001.7
ColoradoColorado Springs3,860$40,7001.3
ColoradoDenver20,520$44,6801.4
ColoradoFort Collins1,800$41,5201.3
ColoradoGrand Junction750$42,4501.3
ColoradoGreeley830$44,5701
ColoradoPueblo540$38,1501
ConnecticutBridgeport6,750$50,2801.3
ConnecticutDanbury720$40,4301
ConnecticutHartford8,760$45,6001.3
ConnecticutNew Haven3,840$46,6301.2
ConnecticutNorwich1,110$41,7400.8
ConnecticutWaterbury730$38,9601
DelawareDover390$41,0500.7
DelawareWilmington4,260$43,9201.1
District of ColumbiaWashington29,500$50,9101.1
FloridaCape Coral2,740$38,8801.1
FloridaDeltona1,610$34,7300.9
FloridaFort Lauderdale10,440$39,1101.2
FloridaFort Walton Beach850$35,0401
FloridaGainesville1,810$36,2301.4
FloridaJacksonville7,270$38,1301
FloridaLakeland1,690$36,3600.8
FloridaMiami13,530$42,1801.2
FloridaNaples1,480$40,7201.1
FloridaOcala850$35,0200.8
FloridaOrlando12,770$38,8601
FloridaPalm Bay2,110$36,8800.9
FloridaPalm Coast200$35,2301.7
FloridaPanama City690$35,5500.9
FloridaPensacola1,960$35,2301.2
FloridaPort St Lucie1,430$37,9301
FloridaPunta Gorda460$35,9601.2
FloridaSarasota3,460$37,7201.1
FloridaSebastian570$36,4101.2
FloridaTallahassee3,950$36,630 2.1
FloridaTampa14,540$37,7901
FloridaWest Palm Beach7,990$40,4001.3
GeorgiaAlbany520$33,6900.8
GeorgiaAthens880$36,3801.1
GeorgiaAtlanta39,210$41,8601.4
GeorgiaAugusta2,270$39,8501
GeorgiaBrunswick470$36,6601.1
GeorgiaColumbus1,320$34,3401.1
GeorgiaDalton720$35,1000.9
GeorgiaGainesville830$39,4601.1
GeorgiaHinesville120$34,5601
GeorgiaMacon1,040$34,5601
GeorgiaRome380$36,4701
GeorgiaSavannah2,120$35,0501.3
GeorgiaValdosta360$33,4400.6
GeorgiaWarner Robins280$34,2900.5
HawaiiHonolulu3,890$45,0000.8
IdahoBoise3,360$37,1501.1
IdahoCoeur Dalene690$33,4001.2
IdahoIdaho Falls560$30,9901.2
IdahoLewiston190$38,0400.9
IdahoPocatello420$35,1701.4
IllinoisBloomington1,030$42,6501.4
IllinoisChampaign1,320$44,6101.3
IllinoisChicago49,430$46,5001.1
IllinoisDanville170$37,8700.7
IllinoisDecatur590$40,7001.2
IllinoisKankakee380$36,0201
IllinoisPeoria2,030$36,5101.1
IllinoisRockford1,260$39,8800.7
IllinoisSpringfield2,060$46,6301.8
IndianaAnderson450$30,6901.1
IndianaBloomington600$33,3000.8
IndianaColumbus280$37,9500.7
IndianaElkhart860$37,1800.6
IndianaEvansville1,500$34,5600.8
IndianaFort Wayne1,360$36,0300.6
IndianaGary2,280$38,1500.7
IndianaIndianapolis10,910$38,4401
IndianaKokomo300$41,2300.9
IndianaLafayette850$37,0801
IndianaMichigan City240$34,9000.6
IndianaMuncie300$36,3200.6
IndianaSouth Bend2,050$34,0401.3
IndianaTerre Haute470$38,3000.6
IowaAmes390$39,7601
IowaCedar Rapids1,240$37,2600.8
IowaDavenport1,650$35,8600.8
IowaDes Moines4,290$39,8701.1
IowaDubuque270$32,9100.5
IowaIowa City740$40,0501
IowaSioux City440$32,8700.6
IowaWaterloo560$35,2600.6
KansasLawrence770$35,1001.7
KansasTopeka2,510$34,160 2.1
KansasWichita2,880$36,8700.8
KentuckyBowling Green650$33,8501.1
KentuckyElizabethtown410$32,5500.9
KentuckyLexington3,180$34,8701.1
KentuckyLouisville7,180$35,4501
KentuckyOwensboro490$33,1201
LouisianaAlexandria460$31,9200.7
LouisianaBaton Rouge3,890$35,0500.9
LouisianaHouma680$33,0600.7
LouisianaLafayette1,360$32,2500.8
LouisianaLake Charles700$34,9900.7
LouisianaMonroe500$32,1400.6
LouisianaNew Orleans4,170$34,4800.7
LouisianaShreveport1,530$32,5400.8
MaineBangor330$38,8700.5
MaineLewiston190$37,0700.4
MainePortland1,220$41,4000.5
MarylandBaltimore12,060$46,7500.8
MarylandBethesda5,520$51,7200.8
MarylandCumberland180$37,4500.5
MarylandHagerstown440$35,9300.4
MarylandSalisbury430$37,6700.8
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1,360$41,3001.2
MassachusettsBoston28,210$48,4901.4
MassachusettsBrockton740$47,9600.8
MassachusettsFramingham2,430$48,5501.3
MassachusettsHaverhill550$45,3100.7
MassachusettsLawrence300$45,6600.5
MassachusettsLeominster460$43,2900.9
MassachusettsLowell1,140$47,8100.8
MassachusettsNew Bedford500$40,5600.7
MassachusettsPittsfield270$41,7800.8
MassachusettsSpringfield2,220$41,4900.6
MassachusettsTaunton730$42,7201.5
MassachusettsWorcester2,840$44,4001
MichiganAnn Arbor2,790$41,4201.5
MichiganBattle Creek280$37,5000.6
MichiganBay City360$36,0801
MichiganDetroit7,150$44,0200.9
MichiganFlint1,030$40,1700.7
MichiganGrand Rapids2,560$41,4000.6
MichiganHolland710$39,2100.6
MichiganJackson420$40,7600.8
MichiganKalamazoo1,070$38,6400.7
MichiganLansing2,170$42,5301
MichiganMonroe270$36,5000.7
MichiganMuskegon260$38,2000.4
MichiganNiles760$36,5701.2
MichiganSaginaw690$37,5400.8
MichiganWarren12,470$43,0700.9
MinnesotaDuluth1,000$39,0300.7
MinnesotaMinneapolis23,230$43,7001.1
MinnesotaRochester1,130$39,6301.1
MinnesotaSt Cloud900$39,0600.8
MississippiGulfport610$39,0200.5
MississippiHattiesburg350$36,1700.6
MississippiJackson2,250$34,3900.8
MississippiPascagoula250$34,9000.5
MissouriColumbia1,200$35,3701.4
MissouriJefferson City1,030$35,7601.4
MissouriJoplin280$35,5700.3
MissouriKansas City10,720$40,5300.9
MissouriSpringfield1,130$47,3300.5
MissouriSt Joseph300$39,1100.6
MissouriSt Louis11,890$43,3500.7
MontanaBillings900$32,1201
MontanaGreat Falls290$29,3900.9
MontanaMissoula880$31,6301.6
NebraskaLincoln2,230$34,3501.2
NebraskaOmaha4,270$35,5600.8
NevadaCarson City170$42,6700.7
NevadaLas Vegas4,910$44,0900.4
NevadaReno1,360$41,6300.6
New HampshireManchester770$42,7300.7
New HampshireNashua710$44,9700.5
New HampshirePortsmouth370$43,7300.6
New HampshireRochester410$37,8100.7
New JerseyAtlantic City450$52,0200.3
New JerseyCamden2,770$49,1500.4
New JerseyEdison6,820$52,1300.6
New JerseyNewark6,860$53,1200.6
New JerseyOcean City140$50,2800.3
New JerseyTrenton2,520$50,4801
New JerseyVineland170$51,1200.3
New MexicoAlbuquerque3,160$37,8000.7
New MexicoFarmington370$41,0500.7
New MexicoLas Cruces130$38,3600.2
New MexicoSanta Fe750$47,5301.1
New YorkAlbany7,020$43,8301.4
New YorkBinghamton1,070$38,0900.9
New YorkBuffalo6,110$41,2901
New YorkElmira280$36,4600.8
New YorkGlens Falls390$37,8200.7
New YorkIthaca620$42,9301.4
New YorkKingston740$40,5001.2
New YorkNassau17,890$48,7101.2
New YorkNew York96,670$52,3001.6
New YorkPoughkeepsie2,800$42,5701
New YorkRochester5,760$40,8001
New YorkSyracuse4,090$41,2601.1
New YorkUtica1,110$38,9700.8
North CarolinaAsheville1,770$34,3900.9
North CarolinaBurlington610$38,7801
North CarolinaCharlotte12,190$38,3901.2
North CarolinaDurham6,460$39,630 2
North CarolinaFayetteville930$33,1100.7
North CarolinaGoldsboro290$33,0700.8
North CarolinaGreensboro3,950$37,4200.9
North CarolinaGreenville620$35,0100.8
North CarolinaHickory1,120$36,3600.6
North CarolinaJacksonville290$33,0200.7
North CarolinaRaleigh8,120$38,4101.4
North CarolinaRocky Mount460$37,1500.8
North CarolinaWilmington1,700$35,0101
North CarolinaWinston Salem3,160$37,6101.3
North DakotaBismarck1,040$34,7001.8
North DakotaFargo1,380$37,4101.1
North DakotaGrand Forks510$36,1501
OhioAkron3,330$40,5200.8
OhioCanton1,210$36,4800.6
OhioCincinnati12,050$40,0501
OhioCleveland11,590$40,2100.9
OhioColumbus11,580$43,0901
OhioDayton3,260$39,1700.7
OhioLima340$35,6200.6
OhioMansfield440$37,0800.8
OhioSandusky270$39,1800.8
OhioSpringfield360$35,1700.7
OhioToledo2,900$38,0300.8
OhioYoungstown1,420$36,3700.5
OklahomaLawton330$30,1900.9
OklahomaOklahoma City5,900$35,4700.9
OklahomaTulsa4,520$36,3700.9
OregonBend370$41,0000.5
OregonCorvallis260$40,0400.9
OregonEugene1,040$39,6900.6
OregonMedford450$37,5400.5
OregonPortland8,910$42,6400.7
OregonSalem1,250$37,7800.7
PennsylvaniaAllentown2,210$38,5800.6
PennsylvaniaAltoona180$33,1800.3
PennsylvaniaErie650$34,7600.5
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg2,680$41,8000.7
PennsylvaniaJohnstown310$32,3000.5
PennsylvaniaLancaster1,340$36,1900.5
PennsylvaniaLebanon230$35,1400.5
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia16,890$45,7800.8
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh7,990$38,0400.6
PennsylvaniaReading820$37,1900.4
PennsylvaniaScranton1,390$36,6600.5
PennsylvaniaState College700$41,3201.2
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport210$33,2600.4
PennsylvaniaYork950$37,5400.5
Rhode IslandProvidence3,950$43,9100.6
South CarolinaAnderson250$38,1700.4
South CarolinaCharleston1,880$40,5200.6
South CarolinaColumbia3,050$38,2000.7
South CarolinaFlorence540$38,4500.6
South CarolinaGreenville3,390$36,7401
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach610$35,8200.5
South CarolinaSpartanburg690$38,8600.5
South CarolinaSumter150$33,2000.4
South DakotaRapid City300$31,8200.5
South DakotaSioux Falls1,070$33,3100.7
TennesseeChattanooga1,870$35,5200.7
TennesseeClarksville700$30,7000.9
TennesseeCleveland280$31,4800.8
TennesseeJackson590$32,4401
TennesseeJohnson City560$29,8700.7
TennesseeKingsport580$32,5300.5
TennesseeKnoxville3,450$33,6000.9
TennesseeMemphis5,490$37,5400.7
TennesseeMorristown270$32,2400.6
TennesseeNashville11,150$37,7401.2
TexasAbilene780$34,4601.2
TexasAmarillo1,310$34,4601.2
TexasAustin16,390$39,5301.8
TexasBeaumont1,780$36,8601
TexasBrownsville990$36,0100.7
TexasCollege Station2,320$36,160 2.8
TexasCorpus Christi1,840$34,4900.9
TexasDallas30,180$43,1801.2
TexasEl Paso3,090$35,1001
TexasFort Worth10,790$38,9901.1
TexasHouston38,330$42,8301.2
TexasKilleen1,170$31,7500.9
TexasLaredo670$35,0100.8
TexasLongview860$38,0300.8
TexasLubbock1,210$35,2800.9
TexasMcallen1,490$34,4500.6
TexasMidland840$40,0901.2
TexasOdessa660$37,4401.1
TexasSan Angelo480$34,0501.2
TexasSan Antonio9,920$37,5501
TexasSherman490$36,9101.2
TexasTexarkana280$31,0600.5
TexasTyler1,080$38,3301.1
TexasVictoria400$33,7300.8
TexasWaco1,460$41,2501.4
TexasWichita Falls470$34,4000.8
UtahLogan210$36,9200.4
UtahOgden1,100$38,6000.5
UtahProvo910$36,3100.5
UtahSalt Lake City5,800$38,9900.8
UtahSt George260$34,4500.5
VermontBurlington1,880$39,8301.6
VirginiaBlacksburg370$37,0600.6
VirginiaCharlottesville690$40,5700.7
VirginiaDanville240$36,9900.7
VirginiaLynchburg550$36,4600.5
VirginiaRichmond4,400$42,0200.6
VirginiaRoanoke720$36,8100.4
VirginiaVirginia Beach3,500$38,8800.4
VirginiaWinchester350$34,7100.6
WashingtonBellingham390$40,3900.5
WashingtonBremerton330$42,5800.4
WashingtonKennewick600$44,9500.6
WashingtonLongview110$40,3400.3
WashingtonMount Vernon190$42,8800.4
WashingtonOlympia710$52,5300.7
WashingtonSeattle12,050$47,4700.7
WashingtonSpokane890$41,2300.4
WashingtonTacoma1,580$43,8200.5
WashingtonWenatchee190$44,8600.5
WashingtonYakima180$41,2100.2
West VirginiaCharleston1,410$34,9600.9
West VirginiaHuntington680$33,0500.5
West VirginiaParkersburg390$34,7600.5
West VirginiaWeirton220$34,1000.5
West VirginiaWheeling570$34,8300.9
WisconsinAppleton1,020$35,7100.8
WisconsinEau Claire620$33,1500.8
WisconsinFond350$34,0500.8
WisconsinGreen Bay1,250$36,4100.7
WisconsinJanesville470$36,1100.7
WisconsinLa Crosse600$33,4600.8
WisconsinMadison3,740$37,9801
WisconsinMilwaukee8,890$40,2500.9
WisconsinOshkosh730$37,8700.8
WisconsinRacine630$38,0300.8
WisconsinSheboygan550$32,2800.9
WisconsinWausau590$35,6100.8
WyomingCasper220$37,1400.6
WyomingCheyenne430$36,2201
 

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