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Career Information for Executive Secretaries And Administrative Assistants in Texas

Fast Facts for Executive Secretaries And Administrative Assistants in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: College Station, Austin, and Waco
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Texarkana, McAllen, and Brownsville
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, Dallas, and Austin

Salaries for Executive Secretaries And Administrative Assistants in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Dallas, Houston, and Waco. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Executive Secretaries And Administrative Assistants in Texas are listed below.

Selected Administrative Assistant Training Schools in Texas

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Career Point College
San Antonio

  • Programs: Administrative Assistant, General Office Professional
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Diploma

Southern Careers Institute
Austin, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Harlingen, Pharr, San Antonio

Get started on a career in the business or health care fields at Southern Careers Institute. Our programs provide students with the focused, hands-on learning that can really make a difference.

  • Programs: Administrative Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Certificate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Texas

Ashworth College
Online

Ashworth College (AU) provides online and campus based classes, in a flexible capacity so learning goes at the students pace during their free time.

  • Programs: PCs For Beginners
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Stratford Career Institute
Online

Career training in several fields. Offered in a distance-learning format.

  • Programs: Administrative/Secretarial
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Texas Administrative Assistant Training Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Alvin Community CollegeAlvinAssociate4,169
Amarillo CollegeAmarilloAssociate10,387
Angelina CollegeLufkinAssociate4,677
Austin Community College DistrictAustinAssociate33,508
Blinn CollegeBrenhamAssociate14,589
Brazosport CollegeLake JacksonBachelor3,753
Brookhaven CollegeFarmers BranchAssociate11,059
Cedar Valley CollegeLancasterAssociate4,834
Central Texas CollegeKilleenAssociate21,532
Cisco CollegeCiscoAssociate3,365
Colin CollegePlanoAssociate20,143
College of the MainlandTexas CityAssociate3,521
Del Mar CollegeCorpus ChristiAssociate11,167
Eastfield CollegeMesquiteAssociate10,653
El Centro CollegeDallasAssociate6,680
El Paso Community CollegeEl PasoAssociate25,023
Frank Phillips CollegeBorgerAssociate1,356
Galveston CollegeGalvestonAssociate2,044
Grayson County CollegeDenisonAssociate3,811
Hill CollegeHillsboroAssociate3,556
Howard CollegeBig SpringAssociate3,329
Kilgore CollegeKilgoreAssociate5,150
Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumontAssociate2,590
Lamar State College-OrangeOrangeAssociate2,005
Lamar State College-Port ArthurPort ArthurAssociate2,325
Laredo Community CollegeLaredoAssociate7,831
Lee CollegeBaytownAssociate5,856
Lone Star College SystemThe WoodlandsAssociate39,756
Mountain View CollegeDallasAssociate7,009
Navarro CollegeCorsicanaAssociate7,560
North Lake CollegeIrvingAssociate9,835
Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount PleasantAssociate1,010
Odessa CollegeOdessaAssociate4,580
Palo Alto CollegeSan AntonioAssociate7,662
Panola CollegeCarthageAssociate1,891
Paris Junior CollegeParisAssociate4,343
Ranger CollegeRangerAssociate594
Richland CollegeDallasAssociate15,311
San Antonio CollegeSan AntonioAssociate19,819
South Plains CollegeLevellandAssociate6,602
South Texas CollegeMcAllenBachelor19,827
Southwest Collegiate Institute for the DeafBig SpringAssociate119
St Philips CollegeSan AntonioAssociate9,256
Tarrant County CollegeFort WorthAssociate37,948
Temple CollegeTempleAssociate4,787
Texarkana CollegeTexarkanaAssociate4,439
Texas State Technical College HarlingenHarlingenAssociate4,957
Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthensAssociate5,046
Tyler Junior CollegeTylerAssociate8,217
Victoria CollegeVictoriaAssociate4,002
Virginia College-AustinAustinAssociate825
Weatherford CollegeWeatherfordAssociate4,544
Western Texas CollegeSnyderAssociate1,844
Wharton County Junior CollegeWhartonAssociate5,892

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Executive Secretaries And Administrative Assistants

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Texas. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

TEXAS

   
College Station2,320$36,1602.8
Austin16,390$39,5301.8
Waco1,460$41,2501.4
Houston38,330$42,8301.2
Sherman490$36,9101.2
Dallas30,180$43,1801.2
Midland840$40,0901.2
Abilene780$34,4601.2
Amarillo1,310$34,4601.2
San Angelo480$34,0501.2
Odessa660$37,4401.1
Tyler1,080$38,3301.1
Fort Worth10,790$38,9901.1
El Paso3,090$35,1001
Beaumont1,780$36,8601
San Antonio9,920$37,5501
Corpus Christi1,840$34,4900.9
Lubbock1,210$35,2800.9
Killeen1,170$31,7500.9
Longview860$38,0300.8
Victoria400$33,7300.8
Wichita Falls470$34,4000.8
Laredo670$35,0100.8
Brownsville990$36,0100.7
McAllen1,490$34,4500.6
Texarkana280$31,0600.5
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