Operations and sales
Executive Assistant in the United States
55 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 55 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution11%6 of 55 postingsAccredited institution →
Lower signal for this role
Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.
- CPAAICPA / State Boards of Accountancy2%
What the official taxonomy says
O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.
- Associate’s degree or other 2-year degree34%
- High school diploma or equivalent24%
- Some college, no degree21%
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
O*NET 43-6011.00 · pulled 2026-09-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100
What it pays
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.
Who was hiring
Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.
Databricks · Figma · MongoDB · Baseten · City of New York · Stripe · Success Academy Charter Schools · Anduril Industries · Apptronik · Asana · BDA · Bombas · Braze · California Creative Solutions Inc · Carta · Choreo · Cognition · Collabera · Decagon · Duolingo · ElevenLabs · Faire · FanDuel · Focus Financial Partners · Harvey · Latitude Inc · Mercor · Monzo · Notion · OpenAI · Oscar Health · Peloton · Pinterest · PsiQuantum · Ramp · Range · Renuity · Saronic · Scale AI · Scout Motors · Skydio · SpaceX · Supabase · Turing · vTech Solution
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