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 Balance of State 19011$19.03/hr$0.57/hr$14.27/hr$16.64/hr$18.85/hr$21.81/hr$24.44/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 Services190$18.83/hr
Other Regional Data For Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 9,330 $21.12/hr N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA 670 $19.60/hr N/A
Northwest Balance of State 650 $18.02/hr N/A
St Cloud MN MSA 590 $20.64/hr N/A
Southeast Balance of State 490 $21.00/hr N/A
Southwest Balance of State 470 $17.58/hr N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA 420 $17.27/hr N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA 360 $17.97/hr N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA 200 $17.64/hr N/A
Northeast Balance of State 190 $18.85/hr N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 130 $18.10/hr N/A
Rochester MN MSA N/A $20.89/hr N/A
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OESProjections
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Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators130$18.84/hrN/A
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Tasks for Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants