Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Vermont

Considering a career as a Secretary or Administrative Assistant in Vermont?

While jobs for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Vermont are decreasing, those who do work in these jobs get paid higher than average.

• Employment for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Vermont is expected to decrease.

• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Vermont earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

What Major Will Prepare You For a Secretary or Administrative Assistant Career?

• Business, Management & Marketing
• Business Support & Assistant Services
• General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
• Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary

How Many Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Work in Vermont?

5,670 people worked as Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in 2018 in this state.

There were 5,950 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants employed in this state in 2017.

That’s a decline of 280 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

The typical state has 29,550 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants working in it, which means Vermont has fewer Secretaries and Administrative Assistants than average.

Job Projections for Vermont

Jobs for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in this state are declining at a rate of 10.2% which is a faster decline than the nationwide estimated projection of -6.5%.

Vermont Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 550 annual Secretaries and Administrative Assistants job openings in Vermont, and 5,440 total jobs in the year 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 244,300 annual jobs and 2,371,300 total jobs in 2026.

What do Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Make in Vermont?

In 2018 wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants ranged from $26,070 to $49,260 with $36,220 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $12.53 to $23.68. The median hourly rate was $17.41.

In 2017 the median pay for this field was $16.7 an hour.

The hourly rate grew by $0.71.

The median salary in Vermont is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top Vermont Metros for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Secretaries and Administrative Assistants.

Metro	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	2,040	$36,970

Top States for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Employment

View the list below to see where most Secretaries and Administrative Assistants work.

State	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
California	238,840	$42,250
New York	178,520	$40,110
Texas	176,480	$34,250
Florida	142,550	$33,540
Pennsylvania	93,280	$35,300
Missouri	69,510	$33,750
Illinois	67,780	$36,200
Georgia	66,330	$33,420
Ohio	66,030	$35,550
New Jersey	62,790	$41,400
Maryland	56,670	$40,230
Michigan	55,410	$35,920
North Carolina	55,380	$36,330
Tennessee	48,410	$33,720
Alabama	46,100	$34,650
Arizona	44,980	$34,680
Massachusetts	41,540	$46,440
Virginia	41,390	$37,890
Colorado	38,610	$37,360
South Carolina	34,550	$34,790

Below are the states where Secretaries and Administrative Assistants get paid the most:

State	Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia	$48,220
Massachusetts	$46,440
Connecticut	$45,260
Rhode Island	$42,710
California	$42,250
Washington	$41,970
New Jersey	$41,400
Alaska	$41,150
Maryland	$40,230
New York	$40,110

Related Careers in Vermont

Discover similar careers:

Occupation	Vermont Employment Total
Medical Secretaries	1,850
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	1,640
Legal Secretaries	380

References

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.