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Executive Assistant

O*NET: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants·43-6011.00

The Verdict:AI now autonomously manages scheduling, documents, emails, calls, filing, and routine admin, covering most daily tasks. Human value remains in gatekeeping visitors, meeting representation, staff oversight, and nuanced coordination — but these are declining as AI handles context better. Expect team sizes to shrink, with roles consolidating over the next decade.

Resilience Score

/100

High Risk

Score tiers

Highly Resilient81–100

Resilient61–80

Moderate Risk41–60

High Risk21–40

Critical Risk0–20

How is this scored?

Task Resilience

How much of this role's daily work remains beyond AI and robotic automation.

30% of score

Physical Presence

The degree to which this job needs a human present — hands-on, in the field, or in the room.

20% of score

Human Necessity

How important the unique human edge is — for trust, accountability, or judgment.

15% of score

Regulatory Shield

How strong the legal requirement is for a human in this job (by law, licensing, or credentials).

13% of score

Technological Maturity

How far AI remains from performing this role's core functions.

10% of score

Displacement Evidence

The volume of jobs in this field being eliminated by AI or automation right now.

12% of score

Score last updated: February 2026Full methodology

Avg Salary

Median annual wage from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 release.

$74k

Job Growth (10yr)

Projected change in total number of jobs (not salary) from 2024–2034. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections.

-1.6%

AI Exposure

Percentage of this role's analyzed tasks that AI can handle autonomously or nearly so. 9 of 23 tasks are classified as AI-exposed.

39%

Moderate exposure

Task Analysis

This role has a mixed AI profile.
9 tasks are automatable, 43% reward AI fluency, and 4 remain human-essential.

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9exposed

10AI leverage

4human-essential

View all 23 tasks

AI Can Handle This9 tasks

Tasks AI can do autonomously or nearly so

Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements, and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software.

Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages.

Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries.

Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email.

Perform general office duties, such as ordering supplies, maintaining records management database systems, and performing basic bookkeeping work.

File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports.

Provide clerical support to other departments.

Process payroll information.

Keep track of employees' time.

AI Leverage10 tasks

Master these tools — humans who do outperform those who don't

Manage and maintain executives' schedules.

Make travel arrangements for executives.

Coordinate and direct office services, such as records, departmental finances, budget preparation, personnel issues, and housekeeping, to aid executives.

Prepare agendas and make arrangements, such as coordinating catering for luncheons, for committee, board, and other meetings.

Conduct research, compile data, and prepare papers for consideration and presentation by executives, committees, and boards of directors.

Read and analyze incoming memos, submissions, and reports to determine their significance and plan their distribution.

Interpret administrative and operating policies and procedures for employees.

Set up and oversee administrative policies and procedures for offices or organizations.

Compile, transcribe, and distribute minutes of meetings.

Review operating practices and procedures to determine whether improvements can be made in areas such as workflow, reporting procedures, or expenditures.

Human Advantage4 tasks

Tasks requiring trust, presence, or novel judgment

Greet visitors and determine whether they should be given access to specific individuals.

Attend meetings to record minutes.

Meet with individuals, special interest groups, and others on behalf of executives, committees, and boards of directors.

Supervise and train other clerical staff and arrange for employee training by scheduling training or organizing training material.

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