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Career Information for Secretaries in Pennsylvania

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Fast Facts for Secretaries in Pennsylvania

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: State College, Johnstown, and Lebanon
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Pittsburgh, Lancaster, and Scranton
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown

Salaries for Secretaries in Pennsylvania

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Allentown. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Secretaries in Pennsylvania are listed below.

Selected Secretary Training Schools in Pennsylvania

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Everest Institute
Pittsburgh

Founded in 1851 as Duff's Business Institute, the school offers career education programs in 12 states with greater than 25 locations.

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

Selected Online Schools for Secretaries in Pennsylvania

Stratford Career Institute
Online

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

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

More Pennsylvania Secretary Training Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Butler County Community CollegeButlerAssociate3,656
Cambria Rowe Business College IndianaIndianaAssociate101
Cambria Rowe Business College JohnstownJohnstownAssociate177
Cedar Crest CollegeAllentownMasters1,888
Clarion University of PennsylvaniaClarionMasters6,795
Community College of Beaver CountyMonacaAssociate3,194
Consolidated School of Business LancasterLancasterAssociate179
Consolidated School of Business YorkYorkAssociate112
Delaware County Community CollegeMediaAssociate10,816
Du Bois Business College Du BoisDu BoisAssociate233
Harrisburg Area Community College-HarrisburgHarrisburgAssociate9,774
Lackawanna CollegeScrantonAssociate1,502
Laurel Business InstituteUniontownAssociate313
Laurel Technical InstituteSharonAssociate124
Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksvilleAssociate7,184
Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticokeAssociate6,323
Montgomery County Community College-Central CampusBlue BellAssociate9,184
Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehemAssociate7,912
Penn CommercialWashingtonAssociate435
Pennsylvania Highlands Community CollegeJohnstownAssociate1,358
Reading Area Community CollegeReadingAssociate4,682
South Hills School of Business & TechnologyState CollegeAssociate661
Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwoodAssociate6,239
Yorktowne Business InstituteYorkAssociate247

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Secretaries

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

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Secretaries

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Secretaries 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

PENNSYLVANIA

   
State College1,440$28,3302.1
Johnstown1,160$23,7001.7
Lebanon830$27,5401.5
Williamsport910$25,6701.5
Altoona1,040$23,7301.4
Allentown5,640$29,8501.2
Reading2,570$27,6301.2
Harrisburg4,620$30,8401.1
York2,520$27,9701
Erie1,700$27,4701
Philadelphia27,230$31,5401
Scranton3,600$27,1601
Lancaster3,150$28,1501
Pittsburgh15,520$28,2301
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