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Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in North Carolina

Want to work in North Carolina as an Executive Secretary and Executive Administrative Assistant? Read this first!

-15% Jobs Projection
$53,600 Median Salary
1,570 Job Openings

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

  • Employment for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in North Carolina is expected to decrease.

  • Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in North Carolina earn higher salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Work in North Carolina?

In North Carolina, there were 14,660 people working as Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in the year 2018.

There were 16,830 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants employed in this state in 2017.

That’s a decline of 2,170 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 5,600 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants working in it, which means North Carolina has more Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants than average.

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Job Projections for North Carolina

Jobs for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in this state are declining at a rate of 15.2% which is a slower decline than the nationwide estimated projection of %.

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North Carolina Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates there will be 1,570 annual job openings, and 16,020 total jobs in 2026 for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in this state.

Nationwide, the prediction is 54,600 annual jobs and 566,200 total jobs in 2026.

What do Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Make in North Carolina?

In 2018 wages for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants ranged from $39,190 to $77,190 with $53,600 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $18.84 to $37.11. The median hourly rate was $25.77.

In 2017 the median pay for this field was $24.65 an hour.

The hourly rate grew by $1.12.

The median salary in North Carolina is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top North Carolina Metros for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

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

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 4,620 $57,680
Raleigh, NC 2,820 $52,240
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 2,020 $57,700
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,850 $53,260
Greensboro-High Point, NC 1,120 $51,390
Winston-Salem, NC 830 $52,270
Asheville, NC 420 $46,670
Wilmington, NC 380 $51,130
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 300 $46,390
Greenville, NC 250 $47,610
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 200 $51,410
Fayetteville, NC 200 $52,210
Burlington, NC 120 $53,540
Goldsboro, NC 110 $48,890
Rocky Mount, NC 90 $49,170
New Bern, NC 60 $47,750
Jacksonville, NC 40 $44,390

Top States for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Employment

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

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
New York 92,120 $71,220
California 70,850 $70,660
Texas 38,050 $57,280
Illinois 30,140 $57,400
Florida 29,680 $49,640
Massachusetts 22,510 $60,450
Pennsylvania 18,160 $57,640
New Jersey 17,940 $64,100
Ohio 16,040 $56,140
Louisiana 15,410 $40,730
North Carolina 14,660 $53,600
Georgia 13,760 $59,180
Minnesota 12,510 $54,660
Virginia 12,430 $62,350
Arizona 11,000 $53,050
Colorado 10,680 $53,450
Missouri 10,590 $56,220
Maryland 9,690 $67,360
Michigan 9,330 $56,770
Oklahoma 9,030 $41,670

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

State Annual Median Salary
New York $71,220
California $70,660
District of Columbia $69,830
Connecticut $69,410
Maryland $67,360
New Jersey $64,100
Rhode Island $62,950
Virginia $62,350
Delaware $62,330
Nevada $61,520

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