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Legal Executive Assistant jobs: 67 open roles

Open legal executive assistant jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $95,000 a year.

The market for legal executive assistant work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Administration function this title sits in. Outlook, pay and AI-use figures are for the government category “Legal secretaries and administrative assistants”, the closest occupation to this title.

Verified open legal executive assistant jobs
67

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$95,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Employment outlook
Projected to shrink 5% from 2025 to 2035.

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.

National median pay, all levels
$55,570

Source: BLS OEWS, 2025.

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Openings a year nationally, growth plus replacement
18,100

Source: BLS Employment Projections.

AI use at work
AI use among legal secretaries and administrative assistants is little observed so far.

Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Administration openings that ask for AI skills
2%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Administration openings that are remote
2%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. excel13%
  2. 2. powerpoint9%
  3. 3. logistics9%
  4. 4. onboarding6%
  5. 5. project management3%
  6. 6. procurement2%
  7. 7. litigation2%
  8. 8. sharepoint2%

AI skills worth building for this work

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work
  2. 2. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)
  3. 3. Prompt design
  4. 4. AI coding assistants
  5. 5. AI workflow automation
  6. 6. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)

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Where legal executive assistant experience can go next

Career moves the skills carry over to, closest fit first. Time is how long a move usually takes.

  • Project management

    Close fit · A few months

    Project coordination is what you already do; a certificate makes it the title.

    Carries over: Organization, Follow-through, Coordinating many people

  • Event management

    Close fit · Quick switch (weeks)

    If you have planned offsites and board meetings, you have already done event management.

    Carries over: Planning offsites and meetings, Vendor coordination, Budgets

  • Operations management and chief of staff

    Adjacent · A few months

    Chief of staff and business operations roles are a common next step for strong executive assistants.

    Carries over: Running an executive's calendar and priorities, Discretion, Cross-team coordination

  • People operations

    Adjacent · A few months

    Many people operations teams started as the office manager; your employee support is the foundation.

    Carries over: Onboarding and office logistics, Confidentiality, Employee support

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Open legal executive assistant jobs

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Legal Executive Assistant salary

The middle half of legal executive assistant listings that state pay run from $87,500 to $110,000. See the full legal executive assistant salary breakdown.

Where legal executive assistant jobs are

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Legal Executive Assistant jobs by city and state

Employers hiring legal executive assistants

  • Gibson Dunn 9
  • Ropes & Gray 7
  • DLA Piper 5
  • The Goodkind Group 3
  • Gibson Dunn & Crutcher 3
  • Michael Page 3
  • Fried Frank 2
  • Orion Placement 2
  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 2
  • Kay Search Group 2

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