Hiring/Louisiana/Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants hiring difficulty in New Orleans, LA
New Orleans, LA scores 3.1 out of 10 for Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, in the standard band. That is a quieter market on this measure than the hard band, which starts at 7.0. This metro has far fewer of these workers than the national mix. The location quotient is 0.19 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 1.183 of these jobs per 1,000 jobs in the metro. That count is shown here and is not a score input. This occupation has no row in the 2025–2035 projections extract used here, so both demand components sit at the bottom of the scale used for occupations that do. The metro median is $36,560 a year, under the U.S. median of $45,930 and within 3 percent of the Louisiana median of $36,930 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In Louisiana, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 4.8%, above the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 39.4 days, longer than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). OEWS counts 530 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for New Orleans. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. This set of 80 metros places New Orleans at rank 58 for healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations.
Demand from national projections, the local pay premium, and a supply modifier. How this score is built
Key numbers
JOLTS on this page is a statewide, all-industry figure. It is the same number for every role in Louisiana. It is a December 2025 print, matched to the U.S. total-nonfarm print for that month.
Annual pay
Metro employment 530 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Location quotient 0.19. Jobs per 1,000 in the metro: 1.183. Metro area: New Orleans-Metairie, LA.
| Percentile | Metro | LA | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25th | $35,200 | $34,270 | $38,570 |
| Median | $36,560 | $36,930 | $45,930 |
| 75th | $45,970 | $44,330 | $50,580 |
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Unpublished cells stay blank here.
Score components
| Component | Weight | Input | Score | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Projected openings | 19.6% | Not in extract | 4.0 | This occupation has no row in the projections extract. The component is the bottom of the scale, the same value the lowest projected occupation on the grid receives. It is not an estimated openings rate. |
| Projected growth | 23.9% | Not in extract | 4.0 | This occupation has no row in the projections extract. The component is the bottom of the scale, the same value the lowest projected occupation on the grid receives. It is not an estimated openings rate. |
| Pay versus U.S. median | 43.5% | 0.80× | 0.3 | Metro median $36,560 divided by the U.S. median $45,930 for this occupation. Higher ratio, higher component. Ranked among the 1,733 scored pages. |
| Location quotient | 8.7% | 0.19 | 10.0 | Far fewer of these workers than the national mix. BLS OEWS, May 2025. Lower quotient, higher component, and only as a modifier. Ranked among the 1,733 scored pages. |
| Statewide labor market | 4.3% | 4.8% · 39.4 days | 8.1 | Mean of two ranks among 51 states and DC: the December 2025 total-nonfarm openings rate (component 9.2) and the hiring pace (component 7.0). Same number for every role in Louisiana. |
Shown score 3.1 is the weighted average, rounded half up to one decimal. When this occupation is not a primary-care, dental, or mental-health match, the shortage weight is left out and the other weights are scaled to 100 percent. Full method
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