400+ Admin & Office Support Jobs in Boston, MA

The cleanest official local anchor is the BLS May 2025 mean wage of $28.64 an hour for the metro's broader office and administrative support group. Current posting data suggests salaried roles in Boston often center on about $66k to $89k, while hourly-paid roles center on about $20 to $25 an hour. Massachusetts new-opening salaries for this occupation average about $54,541, and national new-opening pay averages about $51,629.

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Advertised pay

Across the 345 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $46,800 at the 25th percentile, $59,280 at the median and $81,100 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Boston is still a viable market for administrative and office support, but it is not an easy one. The metro had 4.3% unemployment in July 2026, total nonfarm payrolls were up 0.3755% year over year in June, and the local job sample still showed more than 850 postings across more than 450 companies over the last 90 days, so openings exist across a broad employer base rather than a single buyer. The catch is that Massachusetts postings for administrative & office support were down 4.6% year over year even as occupation employment rose 1.2%, and Boston professional and business services employment slipped 0.1377%, which points to slower employer decision-making and more competition per opening.

Best positioned: Candidates with strong Microsoft Office and Excel skills, polished customer-facing communication, solid calendar-management habits, and willingness to work on-site or hybrid in healthcare, hospitals, education, or enterprise settings have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming remote admin work is common here; about 85% of postings are on-site, about 15% hybrid, and less than 5% remote.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 433 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Beacon Hill Solutions Group: 15 open roles
2. BILH Performance Network: 11 open roles
3. Transformations Care Network: 11 open roles
4. Beth Israel Lahey Health, Inc.: 10 open roles
5. Mass General Brigham Incorporated: 7 open roles
6. MQS Health: 5 open roles
7. Northeastern University: 5 open roles
8. CareOne, LLC: 4 open roles
9. Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP: 4 open roles
10. Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Boston: 184
• Cambridge: 34
• Waltham: 15
• Braintree: 10
• Danvers: 9
• Lowell: 9
• Somerville: 8
• Burlington: 8

Work arrangement

on-site 332 (80%), hybrid 79 (19%), remote 5 (1%)

Where the demand is

Most real volume is spread across a long tail rather than one dominant employer. The local sample showed more than 850 postings across more than 450 companies over the last 90 days, hiring was fragmented, and the busiest industries were healthcare at about 30%, retail at about 15%, hospitals and health care at about 15%, hospitality at about 10%, and education at about 10%. That means the safest search strategy is sector-first, not title-first. The most consistently active employers include Dominos, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Inc., U-Haul, Mass General Brigham Incorporated, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and System One, Inc., and about 30% of local postings come from enterprise employers. The mix also skews toward entry and mid-level hiring, with about 65% entry and about 30% mid-level, and typical active postings stay open around 31 days, so steady pipeline management matters more than waiting for a perfect role. The premium tier is narrower. Recent local examples from Hasbro, WTW, and Boston Children's Hospital point to a smaller band of executive-assistant openings that pay better but ask for broader executive support, stronger judgment, or much deeper prior experience.

• Healthcare and hospital administration (high): This is the strongest local pocket, especially for reception, departmental coordination, scheduling, and executive support inside large health systems.
• Enterprise executive support (moderate): Enterprise employers account for about 30% of postings, and recent EA roles at Hasbro and WTW show ongoing demand for polished executive support.
• Education and campus operations (moderate): Education is about 10% of postings, and MIT appears among the active employers, making campus operations a meaningful lane for coordinators and office staff.
• Retail and hospitality front office (moderate): Retail and hospitality together account for a meaningful share of openings and can be faster entry points for candidates with strong customer-facing experience.

Where to focus: Prioritize on-site healthcare, hospital, university, and enterprise employers first, then use retail and hospitality roles as faster-entry options rather than waiting for scarce remote admin jobs.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient access representative / medical front desk: Boston's admin demand is heavily concentrated in healthcare and hospital settings, so patient-facing intake and scheduling can be a realistic nearby lane if you avoid records and billing specialties.
• Project coordinator: Meeting logistics, stakeholder follow-up, calendar ownership, communication, and documentation transfer well from admin work into coordination roles.
• Property management assistant: Front-desk coverage, resident communication, scheduling, vendor coordination, and document handling overlap strongly with office support work.
• Executive operations coordinator / chief-of-staff support: Higher-end admin work is shifting toward more judgment-heavy, strategic coordination rather than pure task handling, which makes this a plausible next step for strong EAs and office managers.

What postings ask for

• Microsoft Office / Excel / Word (table_stakes | immediate): Microsoft Office appears in about 15% of local postings, while Excel and Word each show up in about 10%, so core office software fluency is the default screen rather than a differentiator. Who: Everyone, especially entry-level applicants.
• Calendar management (table_stakes | immediate): Calendar management shows up in about 10% of local postings and is one of the clearest crossover skills between general admin and executive support roles. Who: Entry-level and mid-career candidates targeting coordinator or assistant roles.
• Customer service (table_stakes | immediate): Customer service appears in about 10% of local postings, which is why front-desk, reception, and internal-support candidates with service metrics often convert better than pure clerical resumes. Who: Career switchers from retail, hospitality, education, and patient-facing work.
• Data entry accuracy (table_stakes | immediate): Data entry shows up in about 10% of local postings, making speed and accuracy a practical hiring filter for many broad-access office roles. Who: Entry-level applicants and career switchers.
• Executive-level support experience (premium | near-term): A Boston Children's Hospital temporary Executive Assistant opening asks for at least seven years of administrative experience and prior executive-level support, showing how senior EA roles are being screened locally. Who: Mid-career admins trying to move into premium EA roles.
• AI tool literacy (differentiator | immediate): AI tool literacy, including ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Gemini, is described as a baseline skill for modern administrative assistants, and more than one-third of entry-level jobs now require some level of AI competency. Who: Everyone, but especially younger applicants and career switchers who need a fast credibility boost.

Questions about this market

What do Administrative & Office Support roles pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

The cleanest official local anchor is the BLS May 2025 mean wage of $28.64 an hour for the metro's broader office and administrative support group. Current posting data suggests salaried roles in Boston often center on about $66k to $89k, while hourly-paid roles center on about $20 to $25 an hour. Massachusetts new-opening salaries for this occupation average about $54,541, and national new-opening pay averages about $51,629. Boston can pay well for admin work, but the spread is wide because the category mixes receptionist and clerical roles with premium executive-assistant and office-manager work. Massachusetts new-opening pay for this occupation is about $54,541, versus about $89,215 across all occupations statewide, so admin jobs can carry a local premium without reaching the broader white-collar ceiling.

Where is demand for Administrative & Office Support roles in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH concentrated?

Most real volume is spread across a long tail rather than one dominant employer. The local sample showed more than 850 postings across more than 450 companies over the last 90 days, hiring was fragmented, and the busiest industries were healthcare at about 30%, retail at about 15%, hospitals and health care at about 15%, hospitality at about 10%, and education at about 10%. That means the safest search strategy is sector-first, not title-first. The most consistently active employers include Dominos, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Inc., U-Haul, Mass General Brigham Incorporated, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and System One, Inc., and about 30% of local postings come from enterprise employers. The mix also skews toward entry and mid-level hiring, with about 65% entry and about 30% mid-level, and typical active postings stay open around 31 days, so steady pipeline management matters more than waiting for a perfect role. The premium tier is narrower. Recent local examples from Hasbro, WTW, and Boston Children's Hospital point to a smaller band of executive-assistant openings that pay better but ask for broader executive support, stronger judgment, or much deeper prior experience.

Which employers are hiring the most Administrative & Office Support talent in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Recent postings show the most activity from Dominos (20 postings), Beth Israel Lahey Health, Inc. (20 postings), U-Haul (20 postings), Mass General Brigham Incorporated (20 postings), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Administrative & Office Support roles in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 4% are remote and 15% hybrid, with 85% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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