The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services predicts that the need for executive administrative assistants in Toledo will increase by more than 7 percent from 2006 through 2016. This growth in the demand for executive assistants or executive secretaries will create roughly 210 new jobs in the city during that time frame.
Overall
Executive assistants in Toledo received an average of $20.01 per hour as of May 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. For those who worked full-time schedules of around 40 hours per week, salaries averaged $41,630 per year. The lowest-paid fourth of all executive administrative assistants in Toledo earned a maximum of $14.97 per hour and $31,140 per year, while the highest-paid fourth made a minimum of $23.16 per hour and $48,170 per year.
Statewide Comparison
Executive assistants in Toledo made 2 percent less than the Ohio statewide average in the field, which was $20.43 per hour and $42,500 per year as of May 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Toledo ranked No. 6 of the 19 largest metropolitan areas for executive assistant earnings in the state. Wages in Toledo were 7 percent less than those in the highest-paying metropolitan area, Youngstown, Warren and Boardman, where salaries averaged $44,960 annually.
Nationwide Comparison
Wages for executive administrative assistants in Toledo were more than 9 percent below the nationwide average of $22.05 per hour and $45,860 per year as of May 2010, reports the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Toledo ranked 228th of the 585 rural and metropolitan areas nationwide. Toledo tied with rural southwestern Wyoming in terms of its mean salary. Salaries in the city were more than 31 percent below the highest-paying metropolitan area, Santa Fe, where salaries averaged $60,660 per year.
Comparison to Other Assistants
Executive administrative assistants in Toledo were the highest-paid administrative assistants in the city as of May 2010, reports the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Assistants in the field earned 18 percent more than the mean rate of pay in the second-highest paying field, legal assisting, which paid an average of $35,230 annually. Medical secretaries in Toledo were the lowest-paid, earning an average of $27,540 per year, 33 percent less than executive assistants.
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