How people get into Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

What it takes to do this work

We do not hold a licence requirement for this one. That usually means the route in is hiring and training rather than a classroom, but we would rather tell you we cannot see one than promise there is nothing to it.

The jobs people hold first

These are the jobs people hold before moving into this one. Doing one of them is not the only way in, and it is not a requirement. It is the route the data can actually see.

Work people come from	Typical pay	Step up	Evidence
Office Clerks, General No licence we can see I do this now →	$45,930	+$520	Named career step
Receptionists and Information Clerks No licence we can see I do this now →	$37,050	+$9,400	Named career step
File Clerks No licence we can see I do this now →	$38,130	+$8,320	Named career step
Word Processors and Typists No licence we can see I do this now →	$39,520	+$6,930	Named career step
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants No licence we can see I do this now →	$46,030	+$420	Named career step
Concierges No licence we can see I do this now →	$36,780	+$9,670	Named career step
Data Entry Keyers No licence we can see I do this now →	$40,550	+$5,900	Named career step
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan No licence we can see I do this now →	$44,890	+$1,560	Related work

Named career step Lightcast lists this as a career step from your kind of work, based on the skills the two jobs share and what local employers hire for. It is the strongest signal we have, though it is not a record of individual people moving.

Related work The federal O*NET occupation index lists this as related to your kind of work, because the two share skills and day-to-day activities. It is a match on the work itself, not a record of people moving between them.

We keep those labels apart because they are different strength claims, and none of them means we watched individual people make the move.

Routes that already pay more than secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive are left out, because those are side moves rather than ways in. So are routes needing more schooling than you told us about.

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