As of June 2026, Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants has an AI-exposure score of 75/100 (Very High exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
More exposed than 96% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$76,590. About 50,000 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Administrative roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Compile, transcribe, and distribute minutes of meetings.
- Process payroll information.
- Coordinate and direct office services, such as records, departmental finances, budget preparation, personnel issues, and housekeeping, to aid executives.
- Attend meetings to record minutes.
- File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports.
- Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email.
- Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries.
- Make travel arrangements for executives.
- Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements, and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software.
- Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages.
- Conduct research, compile data, and prepare papers for consideration and presentation by executives, committees, and boards of directors.
- Read and analyze incoming memos, submissions, and reports to determine their significance and plan their distribution.
- Manage and maintain executives' schedules.
- Set up and oversee administrative policies and procedures for offices or organizations.
- Meet with individuals, special interest groups, and others on behalf of executives, committees, and boards of directors.
- Perform general office duties, such as ordering supplies, maintaining records management database systems, and performing basic bookkeeping work.
- Interpret administrative and operating policies and procedures for employees.
- Prepare agendas and make arrangements, such as coordinating catering for luncheons, for committee, board, and other meetings.
- Greet visitors and determine whether they should be given access to specific individuals.
- Provide clerical support to other departments.
No augmentable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (100%).
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (100%).
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Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — median pay by US state (BLS OEWS, USD)
Median annual wage, in USD. US national: US$76,590. More states are being added.