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Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in Rhode Island

Is Rhode Island a good place for you to work as an Executive Secretary and Executive Administrative Assistant?

-19% Jobs Projection
$62,950 Median Salary
90 Job Openings

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

  • Employment for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in Rhode Island is expected to decrease.

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

How Many Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Work in Rhode Island?

910 people worked as Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in 2018 in this state.

There were 1,060 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants employed in this state in 2017.

That’s a decline of 150 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 Rhode Island has fewer Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants than average.

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Job Projections for Rhode Island

Jobs for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in this state are declining at a rate of 18.6% which is a faster decline than the nationwide estimated projection of -17.4%.

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Rhode Island Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 90 annual Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants job openings in Rhode Island, and 960 total jobs in the year 2026.

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 Rhode Island?

In 2018 wages for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants ranged from $45,560 to $83,150 with $62,950 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $21.9 to $39.98. The median hourly rate was $30.27.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $28.95 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $1.32.

The median salary in Rhode Island is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top Rhode Island 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
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 1,250 $60,070
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI 240 $62,800

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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