AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 43-6012.00

Will AI replace Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants?

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: AI can already handle 11 of 14 tasks; the work mostly needs a standard-tier model.

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Every task, scored

The 14 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, from most to least exposed. 11 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.

Task AI exposure Evidence Model tier Importance
Draft and type office memos. 85 Estimated Efficient 3.4
Prepare, proofread, or process legal documents, such as summonses, subpoenas, complaints, appeals, motions, or pretrial agreements. 79 Observed Standard 4.3
Prepare and distribute invoices to bill clients or pay account expenses. 75 Estimated Efficient 4.3
Mail, fax, or arrange for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses, and court officials. 75 Estimated Efficient 4.3
Make photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other printed matter. 75 Estimated Efficient 4.2
Assist attorneys in collecting information such as employment, medical, and other records. 75 Estimated Efficient 4.1
Complete various forms, such as accident reports, trial and courtroom requests, and applications for clients. 75 Estimated Efficient 4.1
Receive and place telephone calls. 75 Estimated Standard 4.1
Make travel arrangements for attorneys. 75 Estimated Efficient 3.8
Attend legal meetings, such as client interviews, hearings, or depositions, and take notes. 75 Estimated Efficient 3.4
Submit articles and information from searches to attorneys for review and approval for use. 65 Estimated Standard 3.9
Schedule and make appointments. 40 Observed Efficient 4.0
Review legal publications and perform database searches to identify laws and court decisions relevant to pending cases. 40 Observed Efficient 3.3
Organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files. 20 Estimated Efficient 4.3

Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 3 of 14 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 11 of 14. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.

The model tier this role needs

A standard-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 100% of the work is something AI can address at some tier.

Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.

Wages, employment and outlook

US employment
156,280
Median annual wage
$55,570
Middle half of earners
$44,450 to $71,970
Projected change, 2024 to 2034
-5.8%

Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.

Adjacent roles

The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.

Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.

Questions about Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants and AI

Will AI replace Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants?

AI already handles 11 of the 14 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 66 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by -5.8% from 2024 to 2034.

What is the AI exposure of Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants?

66 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 3 of the 14 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 11 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.

Which Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants tasks can AI already do?

The tasks with the highest exposure are: Draft and type office memos; Prepare, proofread, or process legal documents, such as summonses, subpoenas, complaints, appeals, motions, or pretrial agreements; Prepare and distribute invoices to bill clients or pay account expenses. They are three of the 11 tasks that reach 60 or more.

What AI model tier does this role need?

A standard-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.

How many people work as Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, and what do they earn?

156,280 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $55,570 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of -5.8% from 2024 to 2034.

How to cite

Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.

JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/legal-secretaries-and-administrative-assistants

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