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
Northeast Minnesota 80096$19.61/hr$0.33/hr$15.22/hr$16.95/hr$19.31/hr$22.60/hr$24.95/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 Services790$19.30/hr
Other Regional Data For Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 8,900 $21.19/hr 4.3%
Central Minnesota 1,300 $19.98/hr 6.8%
Northeast Minnesota 800 $19.31/hr 5.1%
Northwest Minnesota 730 $18.10/hr 5.2%
Southwest Minnesota 670 $17.91/hr 4.7%
Southeast Minnesota N/A $20.99/hr 5.6%
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Tasks for Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants