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Job outlook for senior staff assistants in the United States
Senior staff assistant job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:
The projected senior staff assistant job growth rate is -8% from 2018-2028.
About -286,900 new jobs for senior staff assistants are projected over the next decade.
Senior staff assistant salaries have increased 13% for senior staff assistants in the last 5 years.
There are over 23,922 senior staff assistants currently employed in the United States.
There are 97,922 active senior staff assistant job openings in the US.
The average senior staff assistant salary is $57,821.
Are senior staff assistant jobs in demand?
Senior staff assistant job and salary trends over time
Senior staff assistant jobs over time
Senior staff assistant job growth rate over time
| Year | # of jobs | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23,922 | 0.01% |
| 2020 | 25,792 | 0.01% |
| 2019 | 27,805 | 0.01% |
| 2018 | 29,232 | 0.01% |
| 2017 | 30,541 | 0.01% |
Average senior staff assistant salary over time
Senior staff assistant salary by year
| Year | Avg. salary | Hourly rate | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $57,821 | $27.80 | +3.6% |
| 2024 | $55,787 | $26.82 | +2.6% |
| 2023 | $54,367 | $26.14 | +3.4% |
| 2022 | $52,598 | $25.29 | +2.8% |
| 2021 | $51,178 | $24.60 | +4.7% |
Senior staff assistant jobs by state
Most common states for senior staff assistants
| Rank | State | Population | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 693,972 | 390 | 56% |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 6,859,819 | 2,006 | 29% |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | 12,805,537 | 2,370 | 19% |
| 4 | Minnesota | 5,576,606 | 956 | 17% |
| 5 | Rhode Island | 1,059,639 | 178 | 17% |
| 6 | California | 39,536,653 | 6,168 | 16% |
| 7 | Virginia | 8,470,020 | 1,396 | 16% |
| 8 | Washington | 7,405,743 | 1,195 | 16% |
| 9 | Maryland | 6,052,177 | 989 | 16% |
| 10 | Oregon | 4,142,776 | 653 | 16% |
| 11 | Utah | 3,101,833 | 503 | 16% |
| 12 | Montana | 1,050,493 | 169 | 16% |
| 13 | Colorado | 5,607,154 | 829 | 15% |
| 14 | Maine | 1,335,907 | 202 | 15% |
| 15 | Alaska | 739,795 | 109 | 15% |
| 16 | Vermont | 623,657 | 95 | 15% |
| 17 | Illinois | 12,802,023 | 1,778 | 14% |
| 18 | Ohio | 11,658,609 | 1,576 | 14% |
| 19 | Iowa | 3,145,711 | 440 | 14% |
| 20 | New Hampshire | 1,342,795 | 191 | 14% |
Most common cities for senior staff assistants
| Rank | City | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountain View | 1 | 1% | $80,326 |
| 2 | Redwood City | 1 | 1% | $80,406 |
| 3 | Boston | 1 | 0% | $64,828 |
| 4 | Denver | 1 | 0% | $48,021 |
| 5 | Miami | 1 | 0% | $53,075 |
| 6 | Washington | 1 | 0% | $83,166 |
Senior Staff Assistant job outlook: Expert opinions
Our panel of senior staff assistant experts
California State University Channel Islands
College of Charleston
Dixie State University
Amanda Carpenter
DirectorCalifornia State University Channel Islands
Department of Career Development and Alumni Engagement
What technical skills for a Senior Staff Assistant stand out to employers?
Amanda Carpenter: -Data analytics skills are critical technical skills that stand out to employers in today's market. According to NACE (2018), the use of data analytics is projected to have the most significant impact on an organization's operational efficiency and revenue generation.
-Source (NACE): www.naceweb.org
What type of skills will young Senior Staff Assistants need?
Jacob Craig Ph.D.: In school, students are often taught to work by themselves. In some cases, they are even penalized for working with others. In some rare cases, students are asked to do a little group work but only for a short amount of time, at the end of their learning in a class.
The first thing that graduates need to know is that the workplace is nearly opposite from school. Employees, especially professional, technical, and content writer jobs, are more often than not collaborative and teams-based. The added wrinkle is that office culture is unlikely to go back to pre-pandemic occupancy rates.
So graduates need to know is that odds are good that at least part of their job will be remote. And that might be the case for at least part of the time. Announcements from tech, finance, and insurance about their latest work-from-home policies keep making the news. So not only are the chances good that they'll be working in teams, their team members and co-workers won't be in the same room with them. They'll be working collaboratively through writing. This is good news for English graduates. Much of the writing someone in a professional, technical, or content writing job are products meant for public readership. Like press releases that are sent to news outlets. But all of that writing is built on a network of notes, memos, policies, and text threads meant for co-workers. Remote work just means that co-workers will be writing each other more and more often. English graduates who can make texts for public audiences and write effectively to co-workers are positioned to do well.
The second thing that students need to know is how to start and stop writing in the context of someone else's draft. They will rarely begin with a blank screen and end with a finished text.
The third thing is that it's likely small businesses will take some time to bounce back. In those workplace settings, it is likely that an employee will need to have a range of knowledge and skills because their job will combine parts multiple roles. So a copywriter in a small marketing firm might need to also know something about SEO and social analytics and visual design. In larger offices, however, jobs tend to be much more specialized and team-based. So graduates need to be comfortable working in teams where they have an assigned role, and they need to be able to receive work in-process, complete their assigned part, and hand that work off still in-process.
And finally, students need to learn how to learn new technologies. Learn just through documentation, without a human tutorial. Even if employees are exclusively using the Microsoft Suite, it will be used for writing, editing, project management. It will be used to collaborate and present. Depending on where a student studies and what classes they take, those digital pieces might not be a part of their coursework. So, at the very least, students need to know that the workforce will constantly ask them to learn new technologies and new uses for familiar technologies.
Dr. Mike Peterson Ph.D.
Department Chair and Associate Professor of EnglishDixie State University
English Department
Are there any particularly good places in the United States for Senior Staff Assistants to find work opportunities?
Dr. Mike Peterson Ph.D.: The great thing about a degree in English is that graduates can find work anywhere: teaching, freelance writing, technical writing, content production, editing, reporting-you name it. There are ample jobs in small towns and large cities in all of these areas. English degrees are also highly valued in a variety of jobs-such as sales, public relations, marketing, and paralegal work-because employers know these applicants, from day one, will have strong skills in writing, communication, critical thinking, and creative thinking.