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Executive Assistant in San Francisco
23 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 23 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution9%2 of 23 postingsAccredited institution →
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
This sample is small enough that one posting moves any percentage by more than a couple of points, so we are not calling anything low-signal here. Read the numbers above as a direction, not a measurement.
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.
Figma · Baseten · Apptronik · Asana · California Creative Solutions Inc · Carta · Cognition · Databricks · Decagon · Faire · Focus Financial Partners · Harvey · Mercor · MongoDB · OpenAI · Pinterest · Skydio · SpaceX · Stripe · Turing
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