Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive job market in Utah

Limited local data: at least one local trend covers only 83.11% of this occupation's industry mix. These figures describe the industries with published data. Read each trend alongside its state data coverage.

Limited industry data for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Utah

In early 2026, employment in the available industry data was up 1.8% from a year earlier, compared with a 0.6% increase nationwide.

These are industry-wide trends, not a count of jobs in this occupation or current openings.

+1.8%Industry employmentU.S. +0.6%State data coverage: 83.11%
+1.5%EstablishmentsU.S. +3.3%State data coverage: 83.11%
+6.4%Avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +3.5%State data coverage: 91.48%
102,585Represented establishmentsEstablishments in the industries that employ this occupation, not employers hiring itIndustry mix share 84.8%, separate from the data coverage on the trend cards

Industry employment change over time

Year-over-year change for the industries that employ Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Utah

Every published quarter

BLS does not publish a national quarterly series for this occupation’s industry mix, so only the Utah series is shown. The U.S. figure on the cards above is the latest quarter benchmark.

Quarterly year-over-year industry employment change for Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Utah, with the published state data coverage for each quarter
QuarterUtahState data coverage
2024 Q2+1.4%100%
2024 Q3+1.6%100%
2024 Q4+1.9%100%
2025 Q1+2.1%91.48%
2025 Q2+2.5%100%
2025 Q3+2.3%100%
2025 Q4+2.2%100%
2026 Q1+1.8% Below coverage floor83.11%

Industry mix behind this view

Which industries are weighted into this view. Not a ranking of employers or of job quality.

Industries weighted into the local context for Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Utah
Industry groupShare of occupation employmentLocal employment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly wage
Private education and health services29.7%+2.6%16,246$1,112
Professional and business services17.6%-0.1%38,681$1,912
Other services10.7%+0.8%8,503$963
State and local9.8%+4.2%3,397$1,181
Trade, transportation, and utilities8.3%Not published20,914$1,264
Financial activities7.9%+2.8%14,844$2,353
QCEW release
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
January to March 2026
BLS publication date
August 28, 2026
Source verification
Verified September 17, 2026
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

The publication date above is the official BLS news release date for this reference quarter, linked to the notice. The values match the snapshot independently checked against BLS sources on September 17, 2026. The publication date identifies the quarterly news release, not the exact revision date. The data period above is the quarter the figures describe.

QCEW describes the industries that employ this occupation, not the occupation itself. It is not a count of job openings and is not part of the 0-100 Job Market Health score.

How to read this page

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive. These figures describe the industries that employ Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or of jobs currently open. This page is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score.

Source: BLS QCEW. See the methodology, the national Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive report and about the data.