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Job outlook for assistant program managers in the United States
Assistant program manager job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:
The projected assistant program manager job growth rate is 12% from 2018-2028.
About 52,400 new jobs for assistant program managers are projected over the next decade.
Assistant program manager salaries have increased 13% for assistant program managers in the last 5 years.
There are over 4,880 assistant program managers currently employed in the United States.
There are 74,897 active assistant program manager job openings in the US.
The average assistant program manager salary is $53,402.
Are assistant program manager jobs in demand?
Assistant program manager job and salary trends over time
Assistant program manager jobs over time
Assistant program manager job growth rate over time
| Year | # of jobs | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,880 | 0.00% |
| 2020 | 4,434 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 4,680 | 0.00% |
| 2018 | 4,373 | 0.00% |
| 2017 | 4,297 | 0.00% |
Average assistant program manager salary over time
Assistant program manager salary by year
| Year | Avg. salary | Hourly rate | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $53,402 | $25.67 | +2.6% |
| 2024 | $52,066 | $25.03 | +3.9% |
| 2023 | $50,120 | $24.10 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | $49,185 | $23.65 | +4.1% |
| 2021 | $47,239 | $22.71 | +3.2% |
Assistant program manager jobs by state
Most common states for assistant program managers
| Rank | State | Population | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 693,972 | 383 | 55% |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 1,342,795 | 239 | 18% |
| 3 | Delaware | 961,939 | 170 | 18% |
| 4 | Wyoming | 579,315 | 103 | 18% |
| 5 | Montana | 1,050,493 | 166 | 16% |
| 6 | Minnesota | 5,576,606 | 846 | 15% |
| 7 | Utah | 3,101,833 | 452 | 15% |
| 8 | Rhode Island | 1,059,639 | 160 | 15% |
| 9 | Colorado | 5,607,154 | 780 | 14% |
| 10 | Massachusetts | 6,859,819 | 881 | 13% |
| 11 | Oregon | 4,142,776 | 525 | 13% |
| 12 | Connecticut | 3,588,184 | 468 | 13% |
| 13 | Nebraska | 1,920,076 | 245 | 13% |
| 14 | Idaho | 1,716,943 | 207 | 12% |
| 15 | South Dakota | 869,666 | 108 | 12% |
| 16 | Illinois | 12,802,023 | 1,380 | 11% |
| 17 | Washington | 7,405,743 | 845 | 11% |
| 18 | Arizona | 7,016,270 | 766 | 11% |
| 19 | New Mexico | 2,088,070 | 238 | 11% |
| 20 | Maine | 1,335,907 | 142 | 11% |
Most common cities for assistant program managers
| Rank | City | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Framingham | 5 | 7% | $54,604 |
| 2 | Arlington | 2 | 5% | $54,198 |
| 3 | Leominster | 2 | 5% | $54,285 |
| 4 | Marlborough | 2 | 5% | $54,579 |
| 5 | Flagstaff | 2 | 3% | $50,069 |
| 6 | Worcester | 3 | 2% | $54,897 |
| 7 | Brockton | 2 | 2% | $54,881 |
| 8 | Apple Valley | 1 | 2% | $51,834 |
| 9 | Beverly | 1 | 2% | $53,711 |
| 10 | Chula Vista | 2 | 1% | $67,377 |
| 11 | Boston | 3 | 0% | $54,323 |
| 12 | New York | 3 | 0% | $59,428 |
| 13 | Baltimore | 2 | 0% | $64,361 |
| 14 | San Diego | 2 | 0% | $67,627 |
Assistant Program Manager job outlook: Expert opinions
Our panel of assistant program manager experts
Middle Tennessee State University
Freed-Hardeman University
Western Carolina University
Auburn University at Montgomery
Maryville University
Azusa Pacific University
Thiel College
Seattle University
East Tennessee State University
Muhlenberg College
American University
What are the biggest trends we'll see in the Assistant Program Manager job market given the pandemic?
Frank Lambert Ph.D.: Undoubtedly, while the pandemic is continuing, and possibly beyond, comfort working with technology will become an even more pronounced trend for librarians. From information literacy, to running programs online and conducting online instruction, to story times, technology is what helps connect communities with their public libraries even more. Libraries were stuck between a rock and a hard place when the pandemic struck. For SO many people in our community, the library is their primary source with the outside world via the WWW. When libraries had to close to reduce the chances of disease spread, not only was computer access to the Internet lost, but so was access to the Internet at home for those people who could not afford Internet access and instead have to rely on mobile hotspots for access. With libraries closed though, these hotspots could not be signed out. In the future, government should consider libraries an essential service. How was a community member to apply for unemployment benefits if he/she did not have access to the WWW from home? How can that same member apply for other social services or apply for a new job without an Internet connection? Had governments declared public libraries essential services and provided them with the resources needed to stay open, including giving libraries power over enforcing mask mandates, then the pandemic might have had a different look to it.
What soft skills should all Assistant Program Managers possess?
Frank Lambert Ph.D.: Graduates in librarianship should have a definite public service ethic as one of their primary soft skills. Librarianship is a rewarding career, but you will not get rich being one. However, people become librarians more often than not just based on that desire to serve. Being a team player is very helpful. You need to work with other professionals and paraprofessionals closely. Working well in a team environment is pretty much essential, regardless whether you are working at a public service desk or behind the scenes in a technical services department. Being open to learning new things is a great soft skill. If you thrive in environments where the only constant is change, then librarianship is a great career. Finally, if you like puzzles or solving problems, then librarianship is for you. You want to run towards challenging information-based problems to start working on them right away. There is nothing more satisfying than finding the answer to a complex and challenging information-based problem and seeing the gratitude on your patron's face.
Will there be an enduring impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Assistant Program Managers?
Kristen Roberson: The workplace will forever be altered due to the pandemic, and the effects of those in career transitions, not just those graduating now, will be impacted for some time. It will take some time for the new normal to be normal.
Will there be an enduring impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Assistant Program Managers?
Angela Sebby Ph.D.: While jobs may be slower to return to the capacity pre-Covid, the industry and tourism employment will rebound as people still want to travel and explore diverse foods, cultures, and experiences. However, the enduring impact will be the rapid onset of technology that allowed for limited contact with employees and others has become the new norm. Although human interaction is an important aspect of service in the tourism industry, employers have found that they can reduce the number of personal interactions but still deliver an acceptable level of quality service. What would have taken years to adopt, COVID created an amplified adoption.
What soft skills should all Assistant Program Managers possess?
TeWhan Hahn Ph.D.: Writing skills including email writing, being able to work in teams, and knowing the workplace etiquettes.
Meaghan Goodman Ph.D.
Program Director & Assistant ProfessorMaryville University
Speech-Language Pathology
What's a day at work look like for an Assistant Program Manager?
Meaghan Goodman Ph.D.: A bachelor's in communication sciences and disorders can prepare you for three different tracks. First, it can prepare you to become a licensed Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA). This is someone who works under a fully credential speech-language pathologist. Often times, they carryout intervention plans developed by a fully credentialed speech-language pathologist. If graduate school is on your horizon, a bachelor's degree in communication sciences and disorders will prepare you for acceptance into a Speech-Language Pathology program, or an Audiology program. If you are not accepted into a graduate program right away, working as a speech-language pathology assistant (SLPA) is a great way to get experience in the field!
What's a good job out of college for Assistant Program Managers?
Bala Musa Ph.D.: A good job out of college is one that allows you to apply creative and critical thinking skills. Future work environments will require employees to innovate and adapt. Any job that helps you cultivate, sharpen and apply those skills will serve you and your organization well. It will prepare you to adapt in the face of change and future disruptions.
What are the biggest trends we'll see in the Assistant Program Manager job market given the pandemic?
Mary Beth Mason Ph.D.: I think we are going to see teletherapy as a more common service delivery model across settings. I think that that will be what I call a "Pandemic Positive". I think many states will pass legislation post pandemic for teletherapy to be a reimbursable service.
Theresa Earenfight Ph.D.
Professor of History, Director, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies ProgramSeattle University
History Department
Will there be an enduring impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Assistant Program Managers?
Theresa Earenfight Ph.D.: As a historian of the European Middle Ages, I'm struck by how students this past year have acquired something scarce: historical empathy. The past can seem so remote, so very different from our lived experiences today, and this can make history seem irrelevant. But this fall, I was teaching a section on the bubonic plague, which historians of medicine now know was a global pandemic, not just an epidemic in Europe. Usually, students are fascinated by the gruesome medical details, but not this group.
They did not need or want to look death in the eyes. They wanted to know how did people react? How did they get back to normal? When we ticked off the list of reactions--fear, distrust of science (such as it was in 1348), xenophobia, scapegoating, economic collapse, hoarding supplies, turn to religion, gallows humor about worms crawling about corpses--they got it. When we talked about the aftermath--eat, drink, be merry, and protest the inequality--they got it. That is historical empathy, and I'm sad that this was how it had to be learned, but it will give them broader compassion that can encompass people alive today.
Will there be an enduring impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Assistant Program Managers?
Dr. Frederick Gordon Ph.D.: Graduate students will need to refocus on the changing institutional role, being both remote and in-person, and impacting agency goals and performance.
Dr. Steven Coutinho
ProfessorMuhlenberg College
Department of Philosophy
Will there be an increase or decrease in demand for Assistant Program Managers in the next 5 years?
Dr. Steven Coutinho: This depends on how the field responds to current changes. If Philosophy Departments focus on training graduates for successful careers outside of academia, especially training in applied ethics, politics, and other areas of contemporary concern, I would predict an increase in demand for graduates, given the reasons stated in 1. above.
How do you envision technology impacting Assistant Program Managers in the next 5 years?
Dr. Adelaide Kelly-Massoud: Well, every teacher and teacher candidate was thrust into distance learning. Misguided attempts to foster understanding often leaned our adult distant learning pedagogy. Teachers, and those who prepare teachers, found their job to research, define, design, and implement meaningful teaching and learning using a virtual platform. Words such as synchronous and asynchronous are now a part of our everyday vernacular. But there is a much more optimistic change on the horizon that we can thank coronavirus for.
Communication and collaboration have been forced to change. Parents and Teachers are more connected and have been put in a position to leverage technology to build networks of support and consistent dialog. I urge teachers to leverage this in their future as we work to reopening schools; we should learn from this experience to leverage technology to keep us connected.