Employers
Nearly 4 million secretaries are employed throughout the United States, making this profession one of the largest in the country. Of this total, 776,600 work as executive secretaries and administrative assistants, 215,500 specialize as legal secretaries, and 527,600 work as medical secretaries. Secretaries are employed in almost every type of industry—from health care, banking, financial services, and real estate to construction, manufacturing, transportation, communications, and retail and wholesale trade. A large number of secretaries are employed by federal, state, and local government agencies.
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- Accountants and Auditors
- Billing Clerks
- Bookkeeping and Accounting Clerks
- Business Continuity Planners
- Business Development Managers and Directors
- Business Intelligence Analysts
- Business Managers
- Buyers
- Chief Customer Officers
- Chief Executive Officers
- Chief Financial Officers
- Chief Information Officers
- Chief Sustainability Officers
- Client Services Managers
- Collection Workers
- Compliance Managers
- Continuous Improvement Managers
- Corporate Climate Strategists
- Corporate Community Relations Directors
- Corporate Lawyers
- Corporate Librarians
- Cost Estimators
- Cultural Advisers
- Customer Service Directors
- Customer Service Representatives
- Customs Brokers
- Data Entry Clerks
- Directors of Corporate Sponsorship
- Directors of Security
- Document Management Specialists
- Economists
- Event Planners
- Executive Recruiters
- Forensic Accountants and Auditors
- Human Resources Managers
- Internet Consultants
- Internet Executives
- Internet Store Managers and Entrepreneurs
- Internet Transaction Specialists
- Labor Union Business Agents
- Loss Prevention Managers
- Management Analysts and Consultants
- Office Administrators
- Payroll Directors
- Professional Organizers
- Proposal Managers
- Purchasing Agents
- Receptionists
- Regulatory Affairs Managers
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists
- Sales Managers
- Sales Representatives
- Statisticians
- Strategy Managers
- Temporary Workers
- Traffic Managers
- Typists and Word Processors
