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Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved apprenticeship titles
2 apprenticeship titles on the Department of Labor's approved list fall under Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, trained competency-based, hybrid, time-based. The shortest approved term is 2,000 hours, for Administrative Assistant (competency-based).
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| Administrative Assistant | 2094 | Competency-Based: 2,000 hours Hybrid: 2,340 to 3,500 hours Time-Based: 2,340 hours |
| SCRIPT SUPERVISOR | 0445 | Competency-Based: 2,000 hours Hybrid: 2,000 to 2,500 hours Time-Based: 2,000 hours |
Time-based programs count hours on the job; competency-based programs move on when the apprentice shows the skills; hybrid programs use both, within a range of hours (29 CFR 29.5(b)(2)). Each registered program sets its own term inside what the approved title allows.
What secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive earn, by state
District of Columbia has the highest state median for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive ($59,910) and Puerto Rico the lowest ($25,730), across the 54 states with a published figure.
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $59,910 | $28.80 | 11,800 |
| Massachusetts | $57,940 | $27.86 | 37,750 |
| Washington | $57,330 | $27.56 | 31,710 |
| Connecticut | $57,210 | $27.51 | 22,650 |
| California | $55,400 | $26.64 | 158,630 |
| Rhode Island | $52,140 | $25.07 | 5,200 |
| Oregon | $51,740 | $24.88 | 23,150 |
| Minnesota | $51,400 | $24.71 | 31,330 |
| Hawaii | $50,830 | $24.44 | 7,020 |
| New Jersey | $50,260 | $24.16 | 65,960 |
| Maine | $49,820 | $23.95 | 6,740 |
| New York | $49,600 | $23.85 | 122,490 |
| Vermont | $48,920 | $23.52 | 3,360 |
| Colorado | $48,690 | $23.41 | 29,120 |
| Maryland | $48,680 | $23.41 | 54,890 |
| Alaska | $48,530 | $23.33 | 5,390 |
| Illinois | $48,310 | $23.23 | 74,280 |
| New Hampshire | $48,080 | $23.12 | 9,050 |
| Delaware | $47,970 | $23.06 | 6,320 |
| Arizona | $47,940 | $23.05 | 31,220 |
| Wisconsin | $47,710 | $22.94 | 28,100 |
| Virginia | $47,620 | $22.89 | 31,580 |
| North Dakota | $47,480 | $22.83 | 5,800 |
| Utah | $47,050 | $22.62 | 14,870 |
| Nebraska | $46,760 | $22.48 | 16,240 |
| Nevada | $46,570 | $22.39 | 16,790 |
| New Mexico | $46,450 | $22.33 | 25,430 |
| Pennsylvania | $46,270 | $22.25 | 65,310 |
| Ohio | $46,230 | $22.22 | 54,790 |
| Michigan | $46,020 | $22.12 | 40,830 |
| Florida | $45,900 | $22.07 | 104,000 |
| Tennessee | $45,810 | $22.03 | 34,580 |
| North Carolina | $45,790 | $22.01 | 43,690 |
| Wyoming | $45,450 | $21.85 | 2,250 |
| Iowa | $45,150 | $21.71 | 12,830 |
| Texas | $45,140 | $21.70 | 149,650 |
| South Carolina | $44,880 | $21.58 | 30,180 |
| Indiana | $44,270 | $21.29 | 20,100 |
| Kentucky | $44,200 | $21.25 | 18,420 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $44,040 | $21.17 | 530 |
| Montana | $43,940 | $21.13 | 4,520 |
| Idaho | $43,710 | $21.01 | 7,570 |
| Missouri | $43,540 | $20.93 | 33,180 |
| Kansas | $42,270 | $20.32 | 32,120 |
| South Dakota | $41,700 | $20.05 | 6,120 |
| Alabama | $41,630 | $20.01 | 45,050 |
| Georgia | $41,600 | $20.00 | 44,430 |
| West Virginia | $40,370 | $19.41 | 8,820 |
| Oklahoma | $39,660 | $19.07 | 20,120 |
| Louisiana | $38,790 | $18.65 | 28,040 |
| Arkansas | $37,630 | $18.09 | 8,590 |
| Mississippi | $37,340 | $17.95 | 14,720 |
| Guam | $36,030 | $17.32 | 1,610 |
| Puerto Rico | $25,730 | $12.37 | 17,810 |
Finding a program
The public sponsor file names the organizations that run registered apprenticeships but not the occupations each one trains, so this guide names no sponsor. Search apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder for this title, or ask your American Job Center which local programs train it.
Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
Sources: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list (Last-Modified October 8, 2026); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (all industries; blanks are figures BLS does not publish).