Desk Assistant
Impact: Supportive
Provides administrative support and customer service at a front desk or reception area, often in an academic, residential, or office setting. Responsibilities include greeting visitors, answering phones, managing mail, scheduling appointments, and maintaining records.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- Team-oriented
- Client facing
- Always
- Impact visibility
- Moderate
- Travel
- None
- Schedule flexibility
- Rigid
- Remote work
- On-site Only
- Typical work hours
- 40 hours/week
- Stress level
- Low
At a glance
- Median salary
- $35,000
- Entry-level
- $28,000
- Senior
- $45,000
- Growth by 2033
- 2%
- Demand
- Stable
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- Low
- Typical student debt
- $15,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Data Entry
- Scheduling Software
- Microsoft Office
Soft skills
- Communication
- Organization
- Customer Service
Technical complexity: Low
How to get there
- Minimum education
- High School Diploma or GED
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 3
- Years to senior
- 7
- Career switching
- Easy
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Administrative Assistant, Office Manager, Executive Assistant
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 40%
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Stable
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.5/10
- Meaning
- 3.5/10
- Work-life balance
- 4/10
- Prestige
- 3.5/10
- Social perception
- Moderate