How To Become A Regional Assistant: What It Is and Career Path

What is a regional assistant and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

2 min read

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a regional assistant. For example, did you know that they make an average of $20.71 an hour? That's $43,072 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow -8% and produce -286,900 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreRegional AssistantUS Average

Salary

3.4

Avg. Salary $43,072

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

6.0

Growth rate -8%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

3.0

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.73%

Asian 3.80%

Black or African American 9.12%

Hispanic or Latino 15.98%

Unknown 3.87%

White 66.50%

Gender

female 74.04%

male 25.96%

Age - 52

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 52

Stress level

6.0

Stress level is manageable

7.1 - high

Complexity level

4.4

Complexity level is basic

7 - challenging

Work life balance

7.6

Work life balance is good

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a regional assistant

Explore regional assistant education requirements

Most common regional assistant degrees

Bachelor's

59.4 %

Associate

19.9 %

Master's

8.6 %

Start to develop specific regional assistant skills

Skills	Percentages
Travel Arrangements	11.45%
Event Planning	11.29%
Financial Reports	9.67%
Payroll	8.82%
Calendar Management	7.44%

Complete relevant regional assistant training and internships

Accountants spend an average of Less than 1 month on post-employment, on-the-job training. New regional assistants learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a regional assistant based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real regional assistant resumes.

Research regional assistant duties and responsibilities

Orchestrate special events and reservations; manage customer relations and provide exemplary service to all customers.
Plan regional and leadership events while also preparing materials such as handouts and powerpoint presentations for them.
Create weekly``shout-out"reports for various sales initiatives, and PowerPoint presentations for monthly meetings.
Maintain confidentiality according to HIPPA guidelines

Prepare your regional assistant resume

When your background is strong enough, you can start writing your regional assistant resume.

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