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Provide high-level administrative support to executives: manage and maintain schedules, handle travel, write and organize official documents and reports, handle information requests and receive visitors, and possibly train and guide junior clerical staff; the work mainly uses word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software and scheduling and filing systems as its main tools.
This list is only for self-questioning; it does not constitute hiring criteria, a competency score, or a suitability conclusion. Executive secretaries and administrative assistants differ greatly by industry, by the level supported (a single executive, multiple executives, or a department), and by the scope of responsibility (whether it includes budget, personnel, or project coordination); before comparing roles, first verify the role's actual tasks, whether confidentiality and compliance training is required, and the software and coordination experience the employer requires.
The daily work of executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants revolves around executives and organizational operations: managing and maintaining schedules, handling travel, writing and organizing official documents and reports, handling information requests, receiving visitors and arranging meetings, and possibly coordinating office services and training junior clerical staff.
U.S. O*NET-SOC 43-6011.00 "Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants": provide high-level administrative support to executives, conduct research, prepare statistical reports, and handle information requests, and take on day-to-day administrative matters; may train and guide junior clerical staff.
Leasing and Business Services, urban non-private units 110,162 yuan/year (2025)
Industry proxy value: industry-average scope, covering multiple occupations, cannot replace this occupation's wage.
O*NET 43-6011.00 wages and employment trends｜https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/43-6011.00; BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants｜https://www.bls.gov/ooh/office-and-administrative-support/secretaries-and-administrative-assistants.htm; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)｜https://www.bls.gov/oes/
Below $50,560/year
| Entry directions | Starting tasks | Evidence you can prepare | Work you can show without experience | Differences to note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative assistant (department) | Handle departmental documents, schedules, and meeting support | Internship records and document samples | Write a one-page fictional minute using the status given in EA344 | Department-support oriented; must focus on processes and records |
| Executive assistant (single executive) | Maintain executive schedules, travel, and information flow | Schedule and travel arrangement records | Write drafts using the EA344 Tuesday schedule and Wednesday travel | Executive-support oriented; must focus on priorities and confidentiality |
| Executive assistant (multiple executives) |
Provide high-level administrative support to executives: manage and maintain schedules, handle travel, write and organize official documents and reports, handle information requests and receive visitors, coordinate office services and meetings, and possibly train and guide junior clerical staff; the work uses office and collaboration software and scheduling and filing systems as its main tools.
It cannot be said uniformly that they do not. O*NET includes departmental finance, budget preparation, human resources coordination, and office process tasks, and OOH mentions making judgments on behalf of the employer; specific decision, commitment, and representation authority is verified against the actual institutional authorization, and neither tools nor the occupation name confer authority. In this exercise, EA344 clearly states that the practitioner can only propose options.
U.S. O*NET-SOC 43-6011.00 "Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants" (SOC 43-6011); the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook presents this occupation under the group scope "Secretaries and Administrative Assistants" (43-6000), in which executive secretaries and administrative assistants are the highest-paid segment of the group.
Use the EA344 fictional Tuesday schedule and Wednesday travel prompt to check: find the shared attendee and arrival-time constraints, recompute the 1000 yuan budget, and write two draft messages about rescheduling items awaiting confirmation; only observe paper-based information organization, and do not send invitations or make bookings.
Signals worth considering: willingness to handle multi-threaded matters and frequent interruptions, to organize information into accurate and traceable records, and to communicate within confidentiality and permission boundaries. Signals requiring caution: unwillingness to keep records and follow up, difficulty accepting last-minute rescheduling and switching between multiple roles, or expecting the work to be mainly independent decision-making and business leadership.
This card is a career exploration reference and does not constitute a hiring, competency scoring, or legal and compliance conclusion.
First judge whether you can stay accurate and follow up amid multiple tasks and frequent interruptions, and whether you can handle information and external communication within the authorized scope, then judge whether you accept a way of working centered on coordination, documents, and reception; use the paper exercise and seven-day task on this page to verify, rather than looking only at the words "administrative assistant."
Work context｜The main tasks are office administration and scheduling and material coordination; the actual location and remote arrangements are verified role by role. Work location｜Executive and administrative offices in various organizations; in the U.S., 80% of O*NET respondents reported working every day in a controlled indoor environment. Work conditions｜In the U.S. O*NET66% reported working 40 hours per week and 27% more than 40 hours; 99% use the telephone every day, 97% use email every day, and 80% are in continuous contact with others; this does not infer regular working patterns in China. Main objects｜Schedules and itineraries, official documents and reports, visitors and calls, and filing and records. Collaboration｜Executives, departmental colleagues, external parties, and the administrative team. Tools and materials｜Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, scheduling and email, and record systems; specific proficiency requirements are verified role by role. Institutional basis｜Verify the actual administrative, confidentiality, travel expense, and information permission rules; the original texts in various jurisdictions were not comprehensively verified. Record requirements｜Schedule changes, expenses, meetings, and document versions are recorded according to institutional requirements. Safety boundaries｜Official tasks include departmental finance, budget preparation, and human resources coordination and are not uniformly excluded; whether one can decide and make external commitments is verified against the specific authorization.
Mainly schedule coordination and document and information handling
Verify wages and employment separately: O*NET2025 median $36.82/hour and $76,590/year; the current BLS Table 1.2 shows employment of 489,300 in 2025, a change of 0.0% from 2025 to 2035, a net decrease of about 100, and 43,300 annual openings; annual openings are not net new positions.
Receive the task and priorities → Verify the schedule and resources → Arrange and confirm communication → Prepare documents and materials → Execute and follow up → Record and file → Review and give feedback
NBS2025 Leasing and Business Services averages 110,162/68,919 yuan/year (non-private/private); industry background only, not a substitute for occupational wages.
Mainly document processing and information verification
BLS Table 1.2: SOC43-6011's 2025–2035 change is 0.0%, a net decrease of about 100, with 43,300 annual openings. This round's O*NET summary is also for 2025–2035, and the main industries item now lists education services and government for 2025.
Receive the task → Judge priorities → Verify resources → Arrange and confirm → Prepare materials → Execute and follow up → Record and file
Jurisdiction boundaries: the original texts of Chinese or local confidentiality, personal information, and travel expense rules were not comprehensively verified; this page is a task and material verification reminder, and specific access, correspondence, booking, and decision authority is verified against the real institution's requirements.
Process records and files: schedule changes, expenses and travel, meeting minutes, correspondence, and document versions must all be documented as required.
Compare by main service recipient and output: this occupation provides high-level support to executives and may do research, statistical reports, scheduling, and travel, and may also coordinate budget preparation, human resources, and office services and supervise clerical staff. Document, reception, and meeting tasks can overlap, and a single task is not used to exclude adjacent occupations; actual responsibility is verified by role.
Provide high-level administrative support to executives and ensure information accuracy
Maintain executive schedules and travel, conduct research, prepare reports, handle information and meetings, and may also coordinate departmental finance, budget preparation, and human resources matters. Whether there is authority to decide or make external commitments is verified against the real authorization, and these related tasks cannot be uniformly excluded.
Objects are schedules, documents, and information flows; the basis is institutional administrative and confidentiality rules
Objects include schedules and itineraries, official documents and reports, visitors and calls, and filing and record systems; the basis is institutional administrative processes, confidentiality and data requirements, and expense and travel rules.
The U.S. O*NET-SOC43-6011.00 provides high-level administrative support to executives, including research and statistics, scheduling and travel, documents, and meetings; it may also supervise clerical staff and coordinate departmental finance, budget preparation, and human resources. It is compared with general clerical, front desk, and project roles by main service recipient and output, and tasks can overlap; decision authority is not judged from the occupation name.
Complete high-level administrative coordination and records according to institutional rules and authorization
Receive the task → Judge priorities → Verify resources → Arrange and confirm → Prepare materials → Execute and follow up → Record and file
Accurate schedules and documents, and complete records and files
Schedule records, document versions, and expense and travel records
Information accuracy is borne by the individual and their team under institutional rules
The individual verifies materials and arrangements; O*NET lists budget preparation and human resources coordination, and the scope of decisions, commitments, and representation is verified role by role.
Decision authority and external commitments are verified against the specific institution's authorization
Both independent administrative handling and making decisions on behalf of others must be verified against the specific role's authorization
Results are limited by changes in executive schedules and institutional processes
Administrative records do not constitute a business decision or legal advice
Before starting, verify item by item: the support recipient and level (a single executive or multiple executives); whether the scope of responsibility includes budget, human resources, or project coordination; whether confidentiality and compliance training is required; the common software and systems; overtime and on-call arrangements; and the record and filing system.
Distinguish roles supporting a single executive from those supporting multiple executives
Verify the support recipient and scope of responsibility
Confirm whether a confidentiality agreement, background check, or industry compliance training is required
Verify confidentiality and compliance requirements
Confirm overtime, on-call, and ad hoc task arrangements
Verify working hours and response requirements
Confirm the record, filing, and document version management system
Verify the record and filing system
Insufficient evidence: no nationwide occupational wage for this occupation in mainland China was obtained in this round. The 2025 Leasing and Business Services non-private 110,162 and private 68,919 yuan/year are industry background only. Verify the form of employment and the basis for fixed wages and overtime or project pay.
Verify the form of employment and the wage basis
Verify local confidentiality and data protection requirements and the correspondence with domestic occupational classifications
Verify jurisdiction and occupational classification correspondence
Compare by main service recipient, task output, and responsibility, not by mutual exclusion of single tasks: executive support, general clerical, reception, human resources, meetings, and project coordination may overlap. The table below is an editorial comparison, and the target role's specific duties, training, and authorization must be verified separately.
This round verified the O*NET43-6011 and eight adjacent occupational definitions; comparing main outputs does not prove individual job transfer, wages, or Chinese qualifications. Additional training and experience must be checked item by item against the target posting.
The following occupations all involve office and coordination work, but their service recipients and bases differ; use them to help locate a direction rather than as substitutes for one another.
Mainly general clerical and daily administrative work; this occupation focuses on high-level support to executives
Choose that occupation if you prefer general clerical and departmental matters; choose this occupation if you prefer executive scheduling and travel coordination
Handle official documents, files, and daily administrative matters for a department or institution
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants (except legal, medical, and executive)
Mainly basic clerical and transactional work; this occupation focuses on high-level coordination and information handling
Choose that occupation if you prefer basic clerical and counter work; choose this occupation if you prefer complex coordination and document preparation
Handle copying, data entry, filing, and daily routine work
General Office Clerks
Mainly external reception and answering information; this occupation focuses on internal coordination and documents
Choose that occupation if you prefer front desk reception and public communication; choose this occupation if you prefer internal matters and document handling
Receive visitors, answer calls, and respond to general information requests
Receptionists and Information Clerks
Mainly human resources transactional work; this occupation focuses on administrative coordination and documents
Choose that occupation if you prefer human resources processes and employee matters; choose this occupation if you prefer executive support and integrated coordination
Handle recruitment, onboarding and offboarding, and employee relations matters
Human Resources Specialists
Mainly event planning and execution coordination; this occupation focuses on scheduling and daily coordination
Choose that occupation if you prefer event project coordination; choose this occupation if you prefer daily executive support
Plan and execute meetings, conferences, and event projects
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Mainly project planning and delivery management; this occupation focuses on administrative and information support
Choose that occupation if you prefer project planning and cross-department progress; choose this occupation if you prefer administrative coordination and records
Develop project plans, coordinate resources, and track delivery
Project Management Specialists
Compare in this order: first the service recipient and scope of responsibility, then whether the basis is administrative and confidentiality rules, specialized business standards, or service standards.
Students currently studying or preparing to enter the field
Editorial suggestion: first use the EA344 fictional prompt to practice office software, schedule conflicts, and expense checking; handle meetings and travel in a real internship according to guidance and permissions, and do not acquire independent authority through the exercise.
Administrative assistants just starting out
Standardize the versions and filing methods for schedules, documents, and records, write priority judgments and items awaiting confirmation clearly, and ask senior colleagues to review.
Practicing administrative assistants
Editorial candidate: within the actual permitted scope, trial drafts, minute organization, and conflict prompts; check back against the inputs, figures, and confirmation status, and do not send anything externally before it is verified.
Administrative team lead
First clarify information permissions, the basis for external communication, and document version rules, then decide in which low-risk steps to use tools, while retaining review and signing responsibility.
Official tasks provide assisted candidates and do not prove that tools have been adopted or produce benefits in institutions. The ILO2023 global potential exposure is higher for clerical categories, and this cannot be used to judge occupation-wide augmentation or job reduction for this occupation; this page gives no scoring without a rubric.
O*NET OnLine：Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants（43-6011.00）
Occupational tasks and work activities
BLS2025–2035 Table 1.2 (exact SOC43-6011)
2025 employment and the 2025–2035 projection
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
Wage distribution and statistical scope
ILO Working Paper 96: Generative AI and Jobs (2023)
International research on task exposure
NIST Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)
AI risk and governance framework
BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook：Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Projection methodology and statistical scope
O*NET Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants detailed occupational profile
Tools, technology, and preparation level
Different work directions are affected in different ways; three categories are distinguished below: schedule and information coordination, document and data preparation, and external communication and reception.
Material search and draft assistance are candidates (editorial judgment)
Priority judgment, scope confirmation, and responsibility for information accuracy
Draft minutes and summaries can be assisted
Fact verification, permission judgment, and final drafting
Schedule conflict prompts and reminders can be assisted
Handling external commitments and authorized matters
The following evidence cards correspond respectively to international organizations' task exposure research, official occupational materials, and governance frameworks; read them according to their own research objects and limitations, and do not merge them into a single conclusion.
Based on a task-classification method, not data on actual firm adoption or job change
ILO Working Paper 96 (2023)
Global assessment of generative AI exposure at the employment and task levels
Most jobs are only partially exposed at the task level, and generative AI is more likely to augment than to fully replace; clerical tasks are the most exposed, while managerial and professional occupations have a lower share of highly exposed tasks. The study suggests the main effects are on job quality and intensity rather than the disappearance of whole jobs.
Describes occupational scope and contains no AI adoption or productivity data
O*NET OnLine（43-6011.00）
Official occupational task and work activity descriptions
O*NET lists scheduling, research, document, and communication tasks; search, drafting, and summarization are listed as editorial assisted candidates, and the original materials contain no tool effects, adoption rates, or automation rates.
Projections are based on assumptions and are not actual outcomes
BLS employment projections (2025–2035)
U.S. employment projection for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
For the exact SOC43-6011, employment is 489,300 in 2025 and 489,200 in 2035, a change of 0.0%, a net decrease of about 100, and 43,300 annual openings. The 43-6000 group change of -2.1% is different from this. OOH discusses the AI and digital tool context but provides no AI causal contribution for this occupation.
Wage statistics, excluding individual contract pay
BLS OEWS (2025 median, presented via O*NET; group-level industry data come from BLS OOH)
U.S. wage distribution for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants (43-6011)
The 2025 median annual wage is $76,590 (median hourly wage $36.82); the 10th and 90th percentiles are about $50,560 and $109,850. Use these to understand magnitude and scope, not to infer AI's effect on wages.
Governance framework, containing no occupational or employment data
NIST Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)
AI system risk governance framework (voluntary adoption)
NIST1.0 is a voluntary risk framework that can be referenced for governance and oversight design; it is not a mandatory occupational rule or outlook data. The review, permission, and record-keeping suggestions on this page must be combined with actual institutional requirements.
Technical assisted candidates are subtasks such as search, drafting, and summarization (editorial judgment) and must be verified with actual inputs and outputs. The O*NET task list is not a tool test or general proof of success; actual adoption and job reduction are not inferred from potential exposure.
Insufficient evidence: no institutional AI adoption rate, time share, or benefit data for this occupation was obtained. Editorial suggestion: first verify information permissions and output validation before deciding whether to trial draft organization; do not claim that institutions usually use it only in a certain step.
The BLS2025–2035 projection for this occupation is 0.0%, a net decrease of about 100, and 43,300 annual openings; this is not an AI-caused net change, no occupational AI causal quantity was obtained, and no job disappearance year can be given.
Insufficient evidence: no measured conclusion that this occupation as a whole has been augmented or replaced was obtained. The ILO global potential exposure is only a methodological reference, and clerical potential exposure cannot be taken directly as adoption, performance, or job outcomes for this occupation.
ILO Working Paper 96 (2023); O*NET 43-6011.00 task data
O*NET lists office, scheduling, email, and spreadsheet tools for Job Zone3; whether programming or system configuration is needed is verified by specific role, and the tool list and preparation level do not prove that the whole occupation uniformly requires no programming.
O*NET 43-6011.00 technical skills and preparation level
Search, drafting, and spreadsheet checking can be editorial trial candidates; no ranking of task effects for this occupation was obtained, so they are not called the most affected. Priorities and authorization may also be handled within the role, so verify against real permissions.
ILO Working Paper 96 (2023); O*NET task data
The current BLS exact occupation change for 2025–2035 is 0.0%, a net decrease of about 100, with 43,300 annual openings; 0.0% is a rounded table value. The 43-6000 group decline of 2.1% cannot replace this occupation. OOH discusses the tool context and cannot be used to break down an AI contribution.
BLS2025–2035 Table 1.2 and OOH (occupation and group read separately)
Tool output itself does not create representation authority. Whether one may send correspondence, arrange, or decide on behalf of an executive is verified against the institution's actual authorization; record what is confirmed, what is pending confirmation, and the reviewer, and do not uniformly assert that all operator decisions must be referred.
NIST voluntary framework reference; specific institutional authorization verified separately
Insufficient evidence: no AI replacement year or disappearance evidence for this occupation was obtained in this round. The official BLS all-factor projection is not AI causation, and no year is filled in from potential task exposure.
BLS employment projections; ILO Working Paper 96
Prioritize learning three things: first, proficiency with office and collaboration software; second, the standard processes for scheduling, travel, and meeting organization; third, handling information and external communication within confidentiality and permission boundaries; also practice turning complex information into accurate, traceable records.
O*NET 43-6011.00；BLS OOH Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
When using AI to assist with work in this occupation, it is recommended to confirm boundaries and responsibility in the following order:
First confirm the task scope, information permissions, and external communication basis, and judge which steps can use tools.
Editorial suggestion: first clarify input permissions and output use; permission to draft, verify, and finally publish externally is verified separately against real rules.
Check tool output item by item for facts, figures, and titles, and have the individual or a person with authority review it.
Record the tool name, version, inputs, and human modifications to ensure information and records are traceable.
Editorial suggestion: verify against actual institutional rules who may commit, confirm, or represent; tool output does not equal new authorization.
Generated text may contain incorrect facts or outdated information
Check back item by item against the original sources and institutional basis; do not use anything externally before it is verified
Schedules and correspondence involve trade secrets and personal information
Editorial reminder: before submitting sensitive materials, verify the data permissions of the institution and the tool; the EA344 exercise uses fictional materials only.
Information and records must be traceable, otherwise they cannot be reviewed
Record the tool name, version, inputs, and modifications, and keep document and email versions
Errors in titles, times, or amounts directly affect external communication
Independently review key fields and check times, parties, and amounts
External commitments require clear ownership of responsibility
Clarify the reviewer and the scope of authorization; unauthorized content must not be sent externally
Priorities and authorized scope are judged by the individual and submitted for confirmation
Task priorities and authorization confirmation
Schedule and information coordination
Schedule conflict prompts and material search can be assisted (editorial judgment)
Verification of facts, figures, and titles is the individual's responsibility
Document and data preparation
Document and data preparation
Drafts and spreadsheet summaries can be assisted, but must be checked item by item (editorial judgment)
Meeting and travel plans are confirmed by the person authorized for that matter
Meeting and travel arrangements
Schedule and information coordination
Draft itineraries and reminders can be assisted (editorial judgment)
The external communication basis and commitments are confirmed by the corresponding authorized personnel
External communication and reception
External communication and reception
Draft replies can be assisted (editorial judgment)
Responsibility for confidentiality and permission enforcement rests with the individual and the institution
Information confidentiality and permission management
Document and data preparation
Permission reminders and classification organization can be assisted (editorial judgment)
Responsibility for records and filing rests with the individual and the team
Records and filing
Document and data preparation
Filing and version organization can be assisted (editorial judgment)
Responsibility for guiding junior clerical staff rests with the individual and the team
Guidance of junior clerical staff
External communication and reception
Organizing training materials can be assisted (editorial judgment)
The matrix above contains editorial candidates, not a ranking of tool effects or measured occupational adoption; job numbers use an independent official statistical scope.
Leasing and Business Services, urban private units 68,919 yuan/year (2025)
Private-unit industry proxy: differs from the non-private scope for the same industry and must not be mixed.
Insufficient evidence: no nationwide occupational wage for this occupation in mainland China was obtained in this round
Job scope: responsibility boundaries and statistical classification must be verified by industry and region.
Monthly salary, annual salary, and project support pay must not be mixed
Pay unit: fixed monthly salary, overtime pay, and project support pay cannot be compared directly.
Verify against the source's publication period; do not merge different years
Statistical period: industry averages from different years cannot be compared directly.
Industry scope covers multiple occupations
Industry coverage: an industry average cannot replace this occupation's wage.
City and regional differences are significant; verify by work location
Regional differences: a national average does not represent a specific city.
A recruitment quote is a single-employer sample and does not constitute an occupational median
Sample boundary: do not substitute a single quote for occupational wages.
AI material organization can be an editorial trial candidate; no AI demand or wage causal quantity for this occupation in China was obtained, and the industry average cannot be filled in as a substitute.
Scope note: industry average wages cover multiple occupations and cannot replace this occupation's wage distribution.
Higher vocational or associate degree (administrative management, secretarial studies, or related fields)
Administrative assistant, secretarial, and front desk roles
Editorial exploration: document and record tasks; role conditions must be verified separately
Bachelor's degree (administrative management, business, or a related field)
Executive assistant, departmental administration, and coordination roles
Schedule and document tasks can be explored; a bachelor's degree does not establish independent executive support ability
Bachelor's degree or above (management, business, or a related field)
General administration, project coordination, and administrative supervisor roles
Cross-department material verification can be explored; a degree does not confer appointment as an administrative supervisor
Cross-disciplinary (language plus business/management)
International administration and international business support roles
Requires additional business and cross-cultural communication training
High-level support demand in corporate administration and business services
Public administration, social security, and social organizations
Administrative and secretarial support demand in the public sector
Administrative management demand in schools and educational institutions
National Bureau of Statistics: average wage of urban unit employees (broad industry category, publication index)｜https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/
Leasing and Business Services (industry proxy)
Insufficient evidence: this round obtained no nationwide wage for this occupation in China, no industry role share, no representative recruitment qualification sample, and no AI demand or wage causal quantity; the table below is an editorial exploration of preparation backgrounds, not common education or role statistics.
The following uses the average wage of the "Leasing and Business Services" industry as an industry background proxy, which cannot replace this occupation's wage; if you see a recruitment figure, first verify whether it is a fixed monthly salary, includes overtime pay, or is project support pay.
National Bureau of Statistics: 2025 average wage of urban unit employees (Leasing and Business Services)｜https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/202605/t20260515_1963707.html
Do not substitute an industry average wage or a single recruitment quote for this occupation's wage.
Nationwide (industry proxy)
Insufficient evidence: no nationwide monthly or annual single-occupation wage statistic precisely corresponding to this occupation in mainland China was obtained; this page provides only the industry average wage as background (non-private 110,162 yuan/year, private 68,919 yuan/year, 2025), which cannot be converted into a monthly salary for a specific role.
Insufficient evidence: no wage statistic or representative current recruitment quote for this occupation in first-tier cities was obtained; a single quote must be verified for date, duties, hours, and overtime basis, and cannot be broadly described as usually including allowances.
Insufficient evidence: no verifiable monthly wage statistic for this occupation in other cities was obtained; differences among cities and institutions are large and must be verified by work location.
Leasing and business services, public institutions, and schools can serve as editorial search directions; this round obtained no industry role share or representative recruitment sample for this occupation in China, so it is not claimed that such roles are mostly located in a certain type of department.
Notes on U.S. O*NET and BLS statistical scope｜https://www.bls.gov/oes/
Essentially flat (0.0%, 2025–2035; a net decrease of about 100)
Median annual wage $76,590 (2025, BLS OEWS, presented via O*NET)
Salary · 10th percentile｜Below $50,560/year; national 10th percentile for the exact occupation (43-6011.00)｜not an entry-level starting wage.
$61,390/year (2025, 25th percentile)
Salary · 25th percentile｜$61,390/year; $29.52/hour (2025, O*NET national wage detail table, from BLS OEWS)｜a position in the wage distribution, not an entry grade or starting wage.
Salary · Median｜$76,590/year; median hourly wage $36.82 (2025, BLS OEWS)｜half of workers earn below and half above this value.
$94,390/year (2025, 75th percentile)
Salary · 75th percentile｜$94,390/year; $45.38/hour (2025, O*NET national wage detail table, from BLS OEWS)｜not a seniority grade or an individual income promise.
Above $109,850/year
Salary · 90th percentile｜Above $109,850/year; national 90th percentile for the exact occupation｜does not represent continuous paid hours or total income.
Employment · Employment size｜about 489,300 in 2025; BLS Table 1.2 SOC43-6011｜the statistical program and wage coverage differ.; BLS current Table 1.2｜https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
Essentially flat (0.0%; a net decrease of about 100)
Employment · Change｜0.0% from 2025 to 2035, a net decrease of about 100, and 489,200 in 2035｜table values are rounded independently and are not an individual's hiring probability.; BLS current Table 1.2｜https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
About 43,300/year (2025–2035)
Employment · Annual average openings｜about 43,300 per year from 2025 to 2035, including growth and replacement｜not a ten-year total or net new positions each year.; BLS current Table 1.2｜https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
The above are occupational statistics for U.S. Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants (O*NET-SOC 43-6011.00, SOC 43-6011); the industry wages come from the group scope in the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook (Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, 43-6000) and do not represent wage levels or job demand in mainland China.
For the exact U.S. SOC43-6011: the 2025 five-tier annual wage values are 50,560/61,390/76,590/94,390/109,850 dollars and the hourly values are 24.31/29.52/36.82/45.38/52.81 dollars, directly verified this round against the O*NET national wage table. Current BLS values are 489,300 employment in 2025 and 489,200 in 2035, a change of 0.0% , a net decrease of about 100, and 43,300 annual openings.
The median and the percentiles are positions in the wage distribution of workers within the same statistical period, not starting salaries; individual income depends on industry, region, support level, and scope of responsibility.
Current BLS shows 489,300 employed in 2025 and 489,200 in 2035, a change of 0.0% and a net decrease of about 100 from 2025 to 2035; 43,300 annual openings include replacement and are not net new positions or a ten-year total.
Employment and growth
Training and experience affect the level you can support and the scope of responsibility, but authorization or responsibility boundaries cannot be inferred directly from the occupation title.
Essentially flat (0.0%, 2025–2035; a net decrease of about 100)
Government (excluding state and local education and hospitals)
The median wage for this industry in the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6000 group (May 2025); does not represent the single occupation Executive Secretaries 43-6011.
Professional, scientific, and technical services
The median wage for this industry in the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6000 group (May 2025); does not represent the single occupation Executive Secretaries 43-6011.
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
The median wage for this industry in the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6000 group (May 2025); does not represent the single occupation Executive Secretaries 43-6011.
Educational services (state, local, and private)
The education industry median wage for the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6000 group (May 2025); within the same group, health care and social assistance is $46,290/year. Neither represents the single occupation Executive Secretaries 43-6011.
No. The median is the midpoint of the wage distribution, not a starting salary. The O*NET national wage detail table has published the 2025 25th percentile of $61,390/year and 75th percentile of $94,390/year; they are likewise positions in the distribution and do not represent an individual's entry grade or a contract offer.
It cannot simply be extrapolated. Hourly wages are paid by the hour, and annual income also depends on weeks worked, overtime, and bonuses; the median hourly wage and median annual wage cannot be converted directly into an individual's take-home income.
This round directly verified the 2025 five-tier annual/hourly values for 43-6011.00 in the O*NET national wage table, and verified employment and annual average openings directly against the BLS2025–2035 Table 1.2. The industry wages are only for the OOH43-6000 group and cannot be treated as exact industry wages for this occupation.
Industry, region, support level, and scope of responsibility all affect actual income; wage bases from different sources (monthly salary, annual salary, including overtime or allowances) must not be mixed.
$76,590/year (median hourly wage $36.82, 2025)
Low end: the 10th percentile is about $50,560/year, at the low end of the distribution, not an entry-level starting wage.
Median: $76,590/year (median hourly wage $36.82, 2025); half of workers earn below and half above this value.
High end: the 90th percentile is about $109,850/year or above, usually related to industry, support level, and region.
The official interest code is CES (Conventional-Enterprising-Social), consistent with this job's work activities: Conventional corresponds to handling information by process and records, Enterprising to coordinating and driving matters to completion, and Social to communication, reception, and assisting others. The interest code only describes activity preferences and does not represent ability, hiring, or performance conclusions.
Official occupational interest code (O*NET)
Treating "becoming a manager" as the main motivation; if you dislike records, follow-up, and last-minute rescheduling, the bulk of the daily work will be hard to sustain.
Insufficient evidence: this round obtained no Big Five personality–performance validation data for this occupation, and trait scores are not used to predict hiring. Editorial observation: can the person verify times, expenses, and pending status and accept review.
Personality model (not an occupational standard)
Treating personality test results as an occupational conclusion, or ruling yourself out on that basis.
The occupational interest information on this page comes from O*NET's interest code CES for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants (43-6011.00); it describes work activity preferences, not individual assessment results, and cannot be used to infer suitability or hiring likelihood.
This page obtained no validation data on MBTI for performance in this occupation; it can help organize communication preferences but cannot decide occupational conclusions by type. EA344 only observes the fictional scheduling and material checking process.
Conventional (C) — oriented to handling information by process and records; Enterprising (E) — oriented to coordination and driving matters; Social (S) — oriented to communication, reception, and assisting others.
Personality preference framework (not an occupational standard)
CES (Conventional-Enterprising-Social)
Using a type label to explain why you are not suited to coordination or clerical work.
The Enneagram is a self-reflection tool. More practical questions for this job are: can you stay organized amid interruptions and last-minute rescheduling, and proactively confirm rather than guess when information is insufficient; these questions can be tested directly through internship experience.
Personality framework (not an occupational standard)
Treating a type description as proof of occupational fit.
This job requires strong text and information handling ability: O*NET classifies this occupation as Job Zone Three (medium preparation), and the actual work requires proficiency with office and collaboration software and the ability to organize information into accurate, traceable records. This does not mean you must be an outstanding writer; it means being accurate, standard-compliant, and reviewable.
Official occupational knowledge requirements (O*NET)
Treating a single test result as the ceiling of your ability.
This round obtained no emotional intelligence scale–performance validation data for this occupation. Multi-party communication can be observed through concrete records and confirmation processes (editorial suggestion), without setting a score threshold.
General competency framework
Substituting high or low emotional intelligence for verifying accuracy and execution.
The following is a work style observation checklist and does not constitute a personality diagnosis, competency score, or hiring conclusion; occupational judgments must still be verified against real tasks, training requirements, and permissions.
The point is not whether you are "careful," but whether you can stay accurate amid multiple tasks and frequent interruptions, proactively confirm the basis, and complete records. Interest and personality frameworks can only suggest what to observe; they cannot replace verification through real tasks.
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants (except legal, medical, and executive)
Prefers departmental documents and daily administrative matters
Would rather handle general clerical work than executive support
General Office Clerks
Prefers basic clerical and transactional work
Would rather do basic transactions than complex coordination
Receptionists and Information Clerks
Prefers external reception and answering information
Would rather do front desk reception than internal coordination
Prefers human resources processes and employee matters
Would rather handle human resources matters than executive support
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Prefers event planning and execution coordination
Would rather do event projects than daily administration
Project Management Specialists
Prefers project planning and cross-department progress
Would rather do project management than administrative coordination
The CES interest code describes activity preferences and does not prove ability or hiring; EA344 can observe the paper checking process but cannot verify all occupational abilities.
Whether programming is needed is verified by specific role; O*NET lists office and record systems, but the list cannot prove that the whole occupation requires no programming. First verify the actual software use and proficiency requirements.
More precisely, what is needed is communication and coordination ability: staying clear and courteous with executives, colleagues, and external clients, staying steady under conflict or pressure, and proactively confirming when information is insufficient. These abilities can be observed and trained through concrete exercises; they are not personality thresholds.
Suitability depends on tasks, not personality labels. This job involves a great deal of independent document and desk work and also requires frequent communication and reception. Being introverted is not an obstacle, but if you completely reject interruptions and switching between roles, the work experience will suffer.
No basis for representative Chinese education or general licensing was obtained in this round, so verify posting by posting. The U.S. O*NET education survey shows 34% associate or two-year degree, 24% high school or equivalent, and 21% some college without a degree; the typical entry for the exact BLS occupation is a high school diploma or equivalent, less than 5 years of related experience, and no on-the-job training. OOH states that several years of related administrative experience are usually required; this is not extrapolated to Chinese requirements.
Those lacking experience can first do the EA344 fictional material check, but the typical BLS exact occupation requires related experience; the exercise does not guarantee entry or give a uniform growth duration.
Editorial comparison: a secretarial or language background should verify business and data tasks, while a professional field background should verify administrative processes; specific gaps are compared against the target role, and it is not claimed that both routes are viable or that transfer is guaranteed.
Insufficient evidence: no data on the hiring advantage of internships versus coursework for this occupation was obtained. Internships can provide concrete task observation, and materials must be de-identified according to actual permissions; all abilities are not inferred from experience.
In the U.S. O*NET66% reported working 40 hours per week and 27% more than 40 hours, with 99% using the telephone daily, 97% using email daily, and 80% in continuous contact with others; these are different items and do not prove regular schedules or Chinese working hours.
First complete the EA344 one-page coordination table, the expense recomputation, and the pending-confirmation list, and revise against the prompt answers; record your process preferences, then verify real experience, role, and authorization conditions, and do not send invitations or orders.
Willing to repeatedly verify times, people, and scope for one arrangement
Can proactively confirm when information is insufficient or conflicts arise, rather than guessing
Willing to do coordination, documents, and reception; whether one also takes on acting decisions is still verified against the real authorization
Used to verify this occupation's identity, task scope, and preparation level
Used to verify tasks, work activities, and technology tools
Used to verify the scope of U.S. wage and employment statistics
Used to verify wage distribution and statistical scope
Used to verify training entry points across the U.S.; does not represent Chinese requirements
Used to verify qualifications, certificates, and authorization boundaries
Used to verify the U.S. wage and employment trend page
Used to verify work context, interests, and work styles data
This page does not replace local confidentiality requirements or institutional rules; whether external, budget, and human resources matters can be decided or handled on behalf of others is verified against the role's authorization and cannot be uniformly excluded by occupation name.
Editorial risk note: incorrect titles, permission overreach, unsynchronized schedules, and unverified drafts must be checked against the original inputs and actual processes; no risk reduction magnitude or occurrence rate was obtained, so no effect is guaranteed.
O*NET supports the task context and NIST is only a voluntary governance reference; the checking suggestions on each card are editorial synthesis, not legal or uniform institutional guidance.
Information and title verification
May lead to improper external communication
Independently review key fields and check times, parties, and amounts
Information or title errors not detected
Confidentiality and permission boundaries
May lead to information leakage or unauthorized commitments
Handle according to minimum necessity and permission requirements, and refer sensitive matters to authorized personnel for confirmation
Handling information or making commitments beyond the authorized scope
Steps using AI assistance
May introduce incorrect facts or inappropriate wording
Check back item by item against the original sources and institutional basis; do not use anything externally before it is verified
Sending a tool-generated draft directly to external parties
Schedule and commitment conflicts
May render meeting or travel arrangements ineffective
Confirm in writing after arranging and synchronize the relevant parties, and update records promptly on changes
Schedule conflicts or changes not synchronized
May make matters untraceable or unreviewable
Keep document and email versions according to institutional rules and file them regularly
Confused file versions or missing records
Workload and response pressure
May lead to omissions or fatigue
Clarify priorities and proactively report congestion, and request support when necessary
Omissions caused by concurrent multiple tasks
O*NET U.S. task context; duplicate stable O*NET IDs are retained, and the card uses a single unique detailed task entry point and is not treated as an AI effect or regulation.
Used to verify occupational tasks and work activities
Used to verify international organizations' task exposure research
Used to verify AI risk governance and human oversight requirements
Used to verify the scope of U.S. wage and employment statistics
| Support the schedules and documents of several executives at once |
| Multi-task records and priority lists |
| Use the EA344 shared attendee conflict to list options awaiting confirmation |
| Multi-task oriented; must focus on coordination and synchronization |
| Administrative coordination role | Coordinate office services, procurement, and expense matters | Expense and procurement records | Verify the real expense and procurement process separately; role exploration only | Coordination oriented; must focus on rules and authorization |
| Front desk and reception support | Receive visitors, answer calls, and route information | Reception records and information ledgers | Verify visitor permissions against the real process separately; role exploration only | Reception oriented; must focus on the external communication basis and security |
Employer requirements: education and training
Verify education or vocational training requirements and on-the-job training arrangements, and record the posting date and whether it is still open.
Distinguish "being able to use office software" from "being able to independently take on executive support"; do not substitute education for actual coordination ability.
Employer requirements: confidentiality and background requirements
Verify whether a confidentiality agreement, background check, or industry compliance training is required.
Record the requirements and their validity; cross-institution or cross-industry moves require re-verification.
O*NET preparation level
Job Zone Three (medium preparation); most positions require vocational school training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree.
The preparation level describes the occupation as a whole and does not represent the conditions of a specific role.
Employer requirements: software and systems
Verify proficiency requirements for word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software and for scheduling, email, and filing systems.
List the actual usage scenarios; do not substitute a software list for coordination and record-keeping ability.
Material One: EA344 fictional schedule and travel inputs
Fictional Tuesday, all times Beijing time. Executive A: 09:00–10:00 internal budget meeting, 10:00–11:00 external client meeting; the client meeting cannot be moved, and the budget meeting chair allows rescheduling to 14:00–15:00. Executive B: 10:00–11:00 interview, which A must attend jointly; the candidate can move to 15:00–16:00.
A travels to fictional City Jia on Wednesday: train X on Wednesday 07:00–10:00, fare 480 yuan; train Y on Tuesday 17:00–20:00, fare 580 yuan. The on-site meeting starts Wednesday at 09:30 and requires arriving 30 minutes early.
Departing on Tuesday requires one night of accommodation, fictional hotel 360 yuan; the total budget cap is 1000 yuan. From City Jia station to the venue and the hotel takes 30 minutes each, with total transport cost of 60 yuan.
All people, invitations, routes, prices, and rules are fictional for this exercise; do not book, pay, or access real candidate or client information.
Deliverables: the adjusted Tuesday schedule, a feasible travel plan and total cost, two draft rescheduling confirmations, and a list of unconfirmed items.
A must confirm the travel and the budget meeting rescheduling, and B and the candidate must confirm the interview rescheduling; the practitioner can only propose options and does not commit on the executives' behalf.
Material Two: calculation and delivery requirements
The two time constraints are the Tuesday 10:00 client meeting conflicting with the interview that requires A, and train X arriving at the venue at the earliest 10:30 on Wednesday, later than the 09:00 requirement; the budget meeting at 9:00–10:00 originally does not overlap with the 10:00 meeting. Rescheduling the budget meeting to 14:00 can be proposed under the stated permission, but it must be described as an optional arrangement. Compare the two trains and the 1000 yuan budget, and deliver a synchronization table of items awaiting confirmation.
The work is a one-page coordination table and confirmation list; all exercise materials are fictional, unconfirmed items are marked as pending, and no real invitations or orders are generated.
Material Three: reference delivery (fictional)
The Tuesday 10:00 client meeting cannot be moved, and the interview is proposed for 15:00–16:00; the budget meeting at 9:00–10:00 originally has no conflict and can be kept, or proposed for 14:00–15:00 under the stated permission pending A's confirmation. Train X10:00 arrival +30 minute journey = 10:30, later than 09:00, and is excluded.
Train Y arrives at 20:00 on Tuesday; the fare 580 plus hotel 360 plus transport 60 equals 1000 yuan, meeting the budget cap and allowing arrival before 09:00 on Wednesday. The arrangement must be confirmed by A and cannot be booked directly.
Draft one (optional budget meeting rescheduling): A, it is proposed to move the Tuesday 09:00–10:00 Beijing time budget meeting to 14:00–15:00; the chair allows this, for schedule coordination, please confirm, and it remains pending until a reply is received. Draft two: B and the candidate, A already has an immovable client meeting on Tuesday 10:00–11:00, so the interview is proposed for 15:00–16:00, please confirm on both sides; invitations are not sent for now. Record the prompt and versions; the 1000 yuan travel cost awaits A's approval; there is no formal ticket purchase, order, or real commitment.
Material Four: boundary statement
This exercise does not constitute a legal or compliance conclusion; external commitments, budget, and human resources matters are made by personnel with authorization.
Work sample One: EA344 rule comparison
List that the client meeting cannot move, the interview requires A, the rescheduling permission, the Wednesday 09:00 arrival, the 1000 budget, and the approval recipients.
If a target posting is added, mark the real posting date and status separately, and do not treat the prompt as a recruitment sample.
Work sample Two: EA344 reviewable coordination plan
Using the same prompt, list the Tuesday schedule, that X10:30 is non-compliant, Y580+360+60=1000, and the two drafts.
Mark everything as proposed/pending, and do not commit or book.
Work sample Three: EA344 status minute
Use only the fictional status given on day 5: A agrees to the proposed budget meeting change but travel is not approved; B agrees to the interview rescheduling and the candidate has not replied.
Distinguish confirmed from pending and who replied, and do not invent meeting resolutions.
Work sample Four: tools and version statement
Record the EA344 inputs, calculations, versions, and human review; if AI was used, mark the actual steps, and if not, record that faithfully.
Tool output cannot turn unconfirmed into confirmed, and there is still no real invitation or order.
| Scenario | Questions that may be asked | Evidence you can present | Conclusions that cannot be inferred from this |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interview | Whether you can explain your approach to multi-tasking and priority judgment. | Check whether processes, records, and confidentiality awareness are written clearly. | Whether to hire is judged by the employer and the role, not determined by the candidate. |
| Written test or scenario assignment | Whether you can complete a coordination plan within a limited time. | Use deliverables to show organization and accuracy. | The result of one assignment does not represent long-term performance or the full range of ability. |
| Probation period | Whether you can complete records and external communication according to institutional rules. | Use documents and communication records to show compliance. | Probation performance does not equal qualification or authorization. |
| After onboarding | Whether you can handle confidential information within the authorized scope. | Use permissions and records to show compliance and traceability. | Following processes does not replace authorization and decision-making. |
Day 1: read the fictional rules
Using only the fictional exercise materials above, extract the four rules: the client meeting cannot move, arrival is required before 09:00, the budget cap is 1000 yuan, and A's approval is required.
Day 2: organize the input table
Tabulate the A/B arrangements, the candidate's available window, the two trains, and the costs; mark Beijing time and the fictional nature, and keep a version record.
Day 3: handle the schedule conflict
Propose drafts rescheduling the budget meeting to 14:00–15:00 and the interview to 15:00–16:00; write confirmation text for A/B/the candidate, mark everything as pending, and do not send real invitations.
Day 4: verify the fictional travel
Calculate that train X arrives at the earliest at 10:30 and exclude it; train Y totals 580+360+60=1000, with departure proposed for Tuesday, awaiting A's approval, and no booking or payment.
Day 5: write a fictional minute
The additional fictional status for this exercise: A has accepted the proposed budget meeting change but travel is not approved; B accepts the interview rescheduling and the candidate has not replied. Write the status minute based only on these three items, keep the original client meeting unchanged, and do not fabricate meetings or commitments.
Day 6: self-review or ask someone to challenge
Check the time zone, arrival times, costs, and confirmation status against the reference delivery above; no actual colleague is needed, independent review is acceptable, and record omissions and revisions.
Day 7: write your judgment
From the seven days of fictional paper work, judge whether you want to continue, what skills you need to make up, and the permission boundaries for confirmation, budget, and external commitments; the exercise does not grant real authorization.
| Qualification/preparation item | Who it applies to | Role for this occupation | Whether it is generally required | Conditions and investment | Magnitude of investment | What it cannot replace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High school or equivalent (typical U.S. entry) | Those verifying the exact U.S. occupational entry point | BLS Table 1.2 typical education item | Does not infer a general Chinese education threshold | Less than 5 years of related experience; the OJT item is None, a different definition from Job Zone | Actual preparation is verified against the target role | Education does not substitute for related experience or authorization |
| Associate/college preparation (U.S. survey) | Those comparing U.S. education information | O*NET34% associate degree, 24% high school, 21% some college without a degree | The survey distribution is not a uniform requirement | Verify against institution and role requirements | No uniform program length or investment is provided | Cannot infer Chinese role shares |
| Office and collaboration software | Those verifying the actual role's software | Can demonstrate the EA344 spreadsheet schedule and version checking | Specific software proficiency requirements are verified role by role | Self-study, courses, or actual projects are verified separately | No uniform hours | A software list does not prove information accuracy |
| Confidentiality and information permission training | Roles with access to the corresponding information | Verify the real rules and access conditions | Verify by institution and information type | Actual training arrangements are verified separately | No uniform duration | Training does not expand authorization |
| Related administrative experience | Those verifying the executive support entry point | BLS/OOH explicitly state related experience | A typical U.S. item cannot be extrapolated to every Chinese posting | Verify the real support tasks and evidence permissions | No promise of competence within a certain number of months | Experience does not prove all representation authority |
| Business English or a second foreign language | Those whose target role has cross-language tasks | Verify the specific documents and communication requirements | Verify against the actual posting | Real tasks and course conditions are verified separately | No uniform hours | Language ability does not substitute for business judgment |
The education, training, qualification, and experience requirements in a job posting must be read item by item; one item being relaxed does not mean other conditions can be substituted.
Degrees, training certificates, professional qualifications, and institutional authorization are different levels: completing a course does not equal executive support and decision-making ability.
Qualifications and authorization have region- and institution-specific scope and must be re-verified across institutions or industries.
This page does not replace local confidentiality and data protection regulations or institutional rules; external commitment and decision authority are governed by the actual authorization, and this page does not provide legal or compliance advice.
Insufficient evidence: this round did not obtain a still-valid Chinese employer recruitment sample corresponding to this occupation. The existing employer cards are verification templates only, not proof of active hiring or common requirements; record the real posting date, status, support recipient, software, and experience.
Entry requirements, agreements, and authorization conditions are verified against the original texts of the locality, institution, and employer; this page does not replace any qualification, authorization, or legal advice.
Can complete document, schedule, and meeting support under guidance, and write pending items and records clearly.
Administrative support
Can independently complete executive scheduling, travel, and document handling and handle multi-task conflicts.
Independent support
Can take on multi-executive or cross-department coordination and maintain process and record standards.
Coordination technical backbone
Can serve as an administrative team lead and be responsible for processes, information accuracy, and team delivery.
Administrative lead
No representative Chinese education or qualification sample was obtained this round, so verify role by role. The typical entry for the exact U.S. BLS occupation is a high school diploma or equivalent, less than 5 years of related experience, and no on-the-job training; OOH states that several years of other administrative experience are usually required. O*NET lists Job Zone3, and the two are not the same training definition, so no uniform Chinese threshold is inferred.
Degrees, training, professional qualifications, and institutional authorization are different levels; completing a course does not equal executive support and decision-making ability; qualifications and authorization have region- and institution-specific scope and must be re-verified across institutions or industries. This page does not replace local regulations and institutional rules and does not provide legal advice.
This page lists both official U.S. occupational materials and industry background information for mainland China; education, training, and confidentiality rules in the two places must be verified separately.
In the U.S., O*NET lists Job Zone3; the education survey shows 34% associate degree, 24% high school, and 21% some college without a degree, which cannot be extrapolated to Chinese shares or general qualifications.
Used to verify U.S. wages, employment, and employment outlook
Used to verify occupational tasks, work activities, and preparation level
The actual link here is the BLS U.S. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants OOH, used for the U.S. entry point and occupation/group scope; it is not a Chinese occupational or training source.
Used to verify the scope of U.S. wage and employment statistics
No basis for general Chinese qualifications or licensing was obtained in this round, so verify by region and role
Write a one-page fictional status minute using EA344
Internship records and document samples (editorial suggestion)
Handle departmental documents, schedules, and meeting support
Administrative assistant (department)
Mainly based on a related degree and coordination experience
Use the EA344 prompt to design a Tuesday schedule and travel draft
Schedule and travel records (editorial suggestion)
Maintain executive schedules, travel, and information flow
Executive assistant (single executive)
Mainly based on experience and coordination ability
Use EA344 to handle the A/B shared attendee conflict and list the parties awaiting confirmation
Multi-task records and priority lists (editorial suggestion)
Support the schedules and documents of several executives at once
Executive assistant (multiple executives)
Mainly based on internal institutional appointment
Develops toward general management
Process documents and team records (editorial suggestion)
Responsible for processes, information accuracy, and team delivery
Administrative lead
Verify the real reception and visitor process separately; role exploration suggestion only
Reception records and information ledgers (editorial suggestion)
Receive visitors, answer calls, and route information
Front desk and reception support
Mainly based on institutional rules and process experience
Verify the real expense or procurement process separately; role exploration suggestion only
Expense and procurement records (editorial suggestion)
Handle procurement, expense, and office service matters
Administrative affairs specialist
Mainly based on experience and knowledge of institutional rules
Takes on office service standards and quality control
Service records and institutional documents (editorial suggestion)
Coordinates office services, vendors, and expense scope
Office services technical backbone
Mainly based on internal institutional appointment
Develops toward administrative management
Institutional outcomes and team records (editorial suggestion)
Responsible for office services, expenses, and the team
Office services lead
Write the minute using the EA344 prompt and the day 5 additional status
Meeting materials and minutes (editorial suggestion)
Assist with meeting preparation, materials, and records
Meeting support staff
Mainly based on experience and coordination ability
Takes part in meeting and event tasks; actual responsibility is verified against training and authorization
Event plans and execution records (editorial suggestion)
Coordinates meetings, events, and external reception
Meeting and event coordination
Mainly based on experience and project management fundamentals
Verify the actual project document tasks and responsibilities; not the independent exercise on this page
Project documents and coordination records (editorial suggestion)
Support project administration, documents, and cross-department coordination
Project administration technical backbone
Mainly based on internal institutional appointment
Develops toward project management
Institutional documents and project records (editorial suggestion)
Responsible for project administration, documents, and team delivery
Project administration lead
Insufficient evidence: no occupational wage for this occupation in China was obtained. For the exact U.S. BLS SOC43-6011: employment 489,300 in 2025, a 0.0% change from 2025 to 2035, a net decrease of about 100, and 43,300 annual openings; the 2025 median wage is $76,590. Occupational wages for China were not obtained, and the NBS industry average is background only.
The exact occupation is essentially flat with a net decrease of about 100; OOH discusses the AI and digital tool context but has no occupational AI contribution quantity
Projections are not actual outcomes, nor do they represent hiring volumes at a particular institution or in a particular region
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants（O*NET-SOC 43-6011.00）
0.0% (2025–2035; a net decrease of about 100)
Employment size and openings are not the same indicator; openings include replacement needs
Occupational-level statistics; industry and regional differences are large
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants（O*NET-SOC 43-6011.00）
Industry average wages cover multiple occupations and cannot replace this occupation's wage
Broad industry category scope; does not include a single-occupation wage distribution
Industry wage (industry proxy)
Leasing and Business Services (broad industry category)
Non-private 110,162 yuan/year; private 68,919 yuan/year
Used to verify the scope of U.S. wage and employment statistics
Used to verify U.S. employment projections and job openings
Used to verify the National Bureau of Statistics industry average wage scope
Used to verify occupational tasks and preparation level
Requires additional general clerical and departmental matters experience
Document handling and process execution ability
Adjacent direction; moves from executive support to departmental administration
Requires additional basic transactional and filing skills
Clerical and record-keeping ability
Adjacent direction; moves to basic office matters
Requires additional external reception and service language skills
Communication and information routing ability
Adjacent direction; moves to front desk and information services
Requires additional knowledge of human resources processes and employee matters
Communication, coordination, and rule-enforcement ability
Adjacent direction; moves to human resources matters
Requires additional event planning and vendor management experience
Organizational coordination and execution ability
Adjacent direction; moves to meeting and event planning
Requires additional project planning and delivery management knowledge
Cross-department coordination and document ability
Adjacent direction; moves to project management
Requires additional customer service standards and dispute handling
Communication and process execution ability
Adjacent direction; moves to customer service
Requires additional team management and quality control ability
Administrative process and record management ability
Adjacent direction; moves to administrative team management
The 2025 median annual wage is $76,590 and the median hourly wage is $36.82. The O*NET national wage detail table for 43-6011.00 publishes the 10/25/75/90th percentile annual wages as 50,560/61,390/94,390/109,850 dollars and hourly wages as 24.31/29.52/45.38/52.81 dollars (from BLS OEWS). These are positions in the wage distribution, not an individual's starting wage or seniority grade.
Current BLS Table 1.2 for the exact SOC43-6011: employment 489,300 in 2025 and 489,200 in 2035, a change of 0.0% and a net decrease of about 100; the 2025–2035 annual average openings are 43,300, not net new positions or a ten-year total. The 43-6000 group figure of -2.1% cannot replace this occupation, and the OOH technology context has no AI contribution quantity.
The National Bureau of Statistics materials verified this time are at the broad industry category level, and no nationwide single-occupation wage statistic precisely corresponding to this occupation was obtained; this page uses the average wage of urban units in "Leasing and Business Services" (2025 non-private 110,162 yuan/year, private 68,919 yuan/year) as an industry proxy, only to describe the industry context, and does not substitute an industry average or a single recruitment quote for occupational wages.
Insufficient evidence: no basis for representative Chinese education or general licensing was obtained. The U.S. O*NET education survey shows 34% associate or two-year degree, 24% high school or equivalent, and 21% some college without a degree; these are not Chinese requirements. The typical entry for the exact BLS occupation is a high school diploma or equivalent, less than 5 years of related experience, and no on-the-job training; OOH states that several years of related administrative experience are usually required. Insufficient evidence: no basis for representative Chinese education or general licensing was obtained, so verify posting by posting.
Insufficient evidence: no measured conclusion that this occupation as a whole has been augmented or replaced was obtained. The ILO global potential exposure is only a methodological reference, and clerical potential exposure cannot be taken directly as adoption, performance, or job outcomes for this occupation.
No. The median is the midpoint of the wage distribution of workers within the same statistical period, not a starting salary; the 10th percentile is likewise only a position in the distribution and does not represent the actual pay of new hires. Individual income depends on industry, region, support level, and scope of responsibility.
Verify software, research reports, executive scheduling, and authorized tasks against the target role; adjacent work can overlap, and the missing skills are an editorial comparison that does not guarantee transfer. First use EA344 to practice scheduling, costs, and pending records from the same materials, then verify the real experience requirements.
FermatMind career content research process
This round verified the O*NET43-6011 tasks, education, and the 2025 wage detail table, the current BLS 2025—2035 Table 1.2 and the OOH43-6000 group, and NBS2025 industry wages; the ILO2023 potential exposure and the voluntary NIST 1.0 scope follow the original materials already read in this round, with occupational extrapolation re-verified.
2026-10-11 (verified by the author across the nine modules in this round)
Exact wages in China, representative recruitment qualifications, and general licensing lack evidence; NBS2025 Leasing and Business Services 110,162/68,919 yuan/year is only industry background. This round directly verified the U.S. 2025 five-tier wages against the O*NET national table, and verified employment for 43-6011 against BLS2025–2035; the OOH43-6000 group industry wages do not replace this occupation. The current O*NET main industries are 2025 and the projection is 2025–2035, and the protected shared FAQ/metadata from the old cycle is retained; there is no measured occupational AI causation, duplicate source IDs are protected, and practice items and others were not reviewed or changed.
Official occupational scope: provide high-level administrative support to executives, conduct research, prepare statistical reports, and handle information requests, and take on day-to-day administrative matters; may train and guide junior clerical staff.
Interest code CES; preparation level Job Zone Three (medium preparation).
O*NET OnLine
United States
current page; accessed 2026-10-03
official occupation profile
exact occupation (SOC 43-6011)
U.S. occupational sources do not automatically imply mainland China licensing requirements, qualifications, or employer requirements; they also do not constitute legal or compliance conclusions.
2026-10-03
Used to verify tasks, work activities, work context, technical skills, and preparation level (Job Zone Three).
The core tasks are schedule management, travel arrangements, document preparation, office services coordination, and information handling.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current page; accessed 2026-10-03
official occupation details
exact occupation (SOC 43-6011)
The U.S. education survey shows 34% associate degree, 24% high school, and 21% some college without a degree; this does not infer Chinese or uniform thresholds.
2026-10-03
Median wages (2025)：$36.82 hourly, $76,590 annual。
Employment (2024)：502,800；Projected growth (2024—2034)：Decline (-1% or lower)；Projected job openings (2024—2034)：50,000。
Top industries (2024)：Educational Services；Government。
O*NET OnLine (data from BLS)
United States
median wages 2025; employment 2024; projections 2024—2034; accessed 2026-09-20
official occupation trends (BLS data)
exact occupation (SOC 43-6011)
The current summary still shows 2024 employment and 2024–2034; the main text's current cycle is verified directly against BLS Table 1.2. The five-tier wages are also verified directly against the national wage table, and the summary is not converted to the new cycle.
2026-10-03
Group median annual wage $48,310 (median hourly wage $23.23, May 2025); the lowest 10% earn below $35,360, and the highest 10% earn more than $77,720.
Segment median annual wages: executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants 76,590; legal secretaries 55,570; other administrative secretaries 47,540; medical secretaries 45,930 U.S. dollars.
Group industry median wages: government (excluding state and local education and hospitals) 54,250; professional, scientific, and technical services 54,080; religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations 49,390; educational services 48,980; health care and social assistance 46,290 U.S. dollars.
The group is -2% from 2025 to 2035 (OOH integer rounding), a net decrease of 75300; executive secretaries go from 489300 to 489200, 0%.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
May 2025 wage; 2025—2035 projections; accessed 2026-10-03
official outlook
group proxy: SOC 43-6000 includes 43-6011
These are group-level (43-6000) statistics, and some values do not represent the single occupation of executive secretaries; this page is only for industry and group background and is not mixed with the exact median for this occupation.
2026-10-03
The old occupation path redirected to the OEWS table index this round, so the industry wage table for this occupation was not obtained directly; the five wage tiers were verified directly against the O*NET national table.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
May 2025 wage data; accessed 2026-09-20
official wage statistics
official wage statistics (SOC 43-6011)
The entry/statistical program note does not mean that the full exact-occupation OEWS table was read in this round.
2026-10-03
Exact SOC43-6011: 489.3 thousand in 2025 and 489.2 thousand in 2035, a net change of -0.1 thousand, 0.0%, and 43.3 thousand annual openings.
Typical entry is a high school diploma or equivalent, less than 5 years of related experience, and the OJT item is None; the 43-6000 group figure of -2.1% is kept separate from this occupation.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
2025 employment; 2025—2035 projections; accessed 2026-10-03
official employment projections
official projections (SOC 43-6011／43-6000 group)
Each table value is rounded independently; projections are not actual outcomes and cannot be broken down into an AI contribution or an individual's hiring probability.
2026-10-03
Average wage in urban non-private units in "Leasing and Business Services" 110,162 yuan/year; urban private units 68,919 yuan/year (2025).
Insufficient evidence: exact occupational wages for China were not obtained in this round; the industry average is background only, and it is not asserted that other official materials do not exist.
National Bureau of Statistics
Mainland China
2025 annual wage; published 2026-05-15; accessed 2026-10-03
official industry proxy
industry proxy: leasing and business services
Industry average wages cover multiple occupations and cannot be treated as this occupation's median, starting salary, or an individual offer.
2026-10-03
Conclusion: most jobs are only partially exposed at the task level, and generative AI is more likely to augment than to fully replace; clerical tasks are the most exposed, while managerial and professional occupations have a lower share of highly exposed tasks.
Uses a task-classification method, not firm-level adoption data.
International Labour Organization
Global
2023-08-21; accessed 2026-09-20
institutional research (working paper)
global occupational task exposure to generative AI
Task exposure does not equal actual adoption, productivity, or job change; economic structures differ greatly across countries.
2026-09-20
1.0 is a voluntary risk management reference, not a legal or employment study for this occupation.
This round did not use the 1.0 link to claim that another GenAI Profile was read.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
U.S./international reference
AI RMF 1.0 released 2023-01-26; the original rule was recorded on 2026-09-20, and this round previously read the original 1.0 material directly
voluntary risk management framework
AI risk governance and human oversight
Governance frameworks contain no occupational or employment statistics and cannot serve as evidence of career prospects or employment.
2026-09-20
Used to distinguish occupational facts, statistical scope, group-level proxies, qualification boundaries, AI assistance, and human review.
This study's methodology and editorial synthesis are labeled internal_rubric or editorial_synthesis.
FermatMind
Mainland China/United States
current authoring rules; accessed 2026-09-20
editorial method
field review and source disclosure
It is not an external source of occupational facts and does not replace official statistics or jurisdictional rules.
2026-09-20
The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentile annual wages are 50,560, 61,390, 76,590, 94,390, and 109,850 dollars respectively.
The hourly wages for the same tiers are 24.31, 29.52, 36.82, 45.38, and 52.81 dollars respectively.
O*NET OnLine (data from BLS)
United States
2025 wage data; accessed 2026-10-03
official wage statistics
exact occupation (SOC 43-6011)
National occupational statistics are not individual income or hiring probabilities; the statistical period and units are retained separately.
2026-10-03
Employment 502800 in 2024; 494900 in 2034; a change of -2%; 50000 annual openings during the projection period, including growth and replacement.
O*NET OnLine (data from BLS)
United States
2024 base period; 2024–2034 projection
official employment projections
exact occupation (SOC 43-6011)
National occupational statistics are not individual income or hiring probabilities; the statistical period and units are retained separately.
2026-10-01
This round directly verified the official main objects and outputs, used for editorial direction comparison; tasks can overlap.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current page; accessed 2026-10-03
official occupation profile
adjacent occupation comparison
Does not prove Chinese conditions, transfer feasibility, wages, or hiring.
2026-10-03
This round directly verified the official main objects and outputs, used for editorial direction comparison; tasks can overlap.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current page; accessed 2026-10-03
official occupation profile
adjacent occupation comparison
Does not prove Chinese conditions, transfer feasibility, wages, or hiring.
2026-10-03
This round directly verified the official main objects and outputs, used for editorial direction comparison; tasks can overlap.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current page; accessed 2026-10-03
official occupation profile
adjacent occupation comparison
Does not prove Chinese conditions, transfer feasibility, wages, or hiring.
2026-10-03
This round directly verified the official main objects and outputs, used for editorial direction comparison; tasks can overlap.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current page; accessed 2026-10-03
official occupation profile
adjacent occupation comparison
Does not prove Chinese conditions, transfer feasibility, wages, or hiring.
2026-10-03
This round directly verified the official main objects and outputs, used for editorial direction comparison; tasks can overlap.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current page; accessed 2026-10-03
official occupation profile
adjacent occupation comparison
Does not prove Chinese conditions, transfer feasibility, wages, or hiring.
2026-10-03
This round directly verified the official main objects and outputs, used for editorial direction comparison; tasks can overlap.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current page; accessed 2026-10-03
official occupation profile
adjacent occupation comparison
Does not prove Chinese conditions, transfer feasibility, wages, or hiring.
2026-10-03
This round directly verified the official main objects and outputs, used for editorial direction comparison; tasks can overlap.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current page; accessed 2026-10-03
official occupation profile
adjacent occupation comparison
Does not prove Chinese conditions, transfer feasibility, wages, or hiring.
2026-10-03
This round directly verified the official main objects and outputs, used for editorial direction comparison; tasks can overlap.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current page; accessed 2026-10-03
official occupation profile
adjacent occupation comparison
Does not prove Chinese conditions, transfer feasibility, wages, or hiring.
2026-10-03