DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

43-6013 Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Occupational Description:
Perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 8,900401$21.13/hr$0.34/hr$16.15/hr$18.07/hr$21.19/hr$24.05/hr$27.03/hr
Minnesota 13,7901,076$20.67/hr$0.23/hr$15.87/hr$17.64/hr$20.63/hr$23.66/hr$26.05/hr
U S 604,7804,838$18.53/hr$0.06/hr$12.73/hr$14.89/hr$17.80/hr$21.73/hr$25.90/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Education and Health Services7,850$21.30/hr
Professional and Business Services940$20.59/hr
Public Administration30$23.93/hr
Other Regional Data For Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 8,900 $21.19/hr N/A
EDR 7W- Central 950 $20.34/hr N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 800 $19.31/hr N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley 650 $14.73/hr N/A
EDR 9 - South Central 540 $18.33/hr N/A
EDR 5 - North Central 260 $17.91/hr N/A
EDR 4 - West Central 230 $18.33/hr N/A
EDR 7E- East Central 190 $21.06/hr N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters 150 $17.93/hr N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central 150 $18.21/hr N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest 120 $17.56/hr N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest 90 $17.94/hr N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast N/A $20.99/hr N/A
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks5,900$22.73/hrN/A
Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators5,380$21.83/hrN/A
Legal Secretaries2,530$28.41/hrN/A
Procurement Clerks730$21.53/hrN/A
File Clerks640$17.40/hrN/A
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks390$25.20/hrN/A
Correspondence ClerksN/A$23.72/hrN/A
Tasks for Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants