Medical Secretaries

Perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence.

$47,460
Median Annual Pay
Jobs growth:
0% projected 2024–2034
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical Entry-Level Education

What They Do

Secretaries and administrative assistants do routine clerical and organizational tasks.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)Dartmouth College, NH
$188,513
Health and Medical Administrative Services(grad-cert)Duke University, NC
$175,456
Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)Loyola University Chicago, IL
$168,571
Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)University of Pennsylvania, PA
$161,843
Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)University of Miami, FL
$154,482
Health and Medical Administrative Services(doctoral)Central Michigan University, MI
$152,055
Health and Medical Administrative Services(certificate)Saint Joseph's College of Maine, ME
$136,516
Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)New England College, NH
$133,010
Health and Medical Administrative Services(doctoral)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
$129,472
Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)University of California-San Francisco, CA
$128,685
Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)CUNY Bernard M Baruch College, NY
$128,189
Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)Vanderbilt University, TN
$127,244
Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)Boston University, MA
$121,050
Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)University of Providence, MT
$120,303
Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)Norwich University, VT
$118,471
Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)Franklin Pierce University, NH
$116,863
Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online, NH
$116,863
Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)Plymouth State University, NH
$116,863
Health and Medical Administrative Services(masters)Simmons University, MA
$109,665
Health and Medical Administrative Services(doctoral)Medical University of South Carolina, SC
$107,267
Health and Medical Administrative Services(doctoral)Johns Hopkins University, MD
$105,804
Health and Medical Administrative Services(doctoral)Eastern Virginia Medical School, VA
$105,804
Health and Medical Administrative Services(doctoral)George Washington University, DC
$105,804
Health and Medical Administrative Services(doctoral)Northcentral University, CA
$105,804
Health and Medical Administrative Services(doctoral)College of Saint Mary, NE
$105,804

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