
Some 60 per cent of personal assistants (PAs) feel they are slightly or very underpaid, research shows, while just one per cent claim to feel they are paid “significantly more” than what is expected of them in their role.
Celebrating National PA Day (which is today), the organisers of office* – an annual two-day exhibition and conference for personal assistants, executive assistants, secretaries and office managers – have released a summary of this year’s National PA Survey. Completed by a sample of 1,275 PAs working across the UK last month, the survey results provide an interesting insight into the role of modern PAs.- Up to £20,000 – seven per cent
- £21-£25,000 – 20 per cent
- £26-£30,000 – 26 per cent
- £31-£35,000 – 21 per cent
- £36-£40,000 – 13 per cent
- £41-£50,000 – ten per cent
- £51,000+ – three per cent
- I feel very underpaid… 16 per cent
- I feel slightly underpaid… 44 per cent
- Adequately… 35 per cent
- I feel I’m paid slightly more than I would expect… four per cent
- I feel I’m paid significantly more… one per cent
- One – three per cent
- Two – nine per cent
- Three – 25 per cent
- Four – 42 per cent
- Five – 21 per cent
- Under one hour… four per cent
- One to two hours… 11 per cent
- Two to three hours… 20 per cent
- Four to five hours… 23 per cent
- Five to six hours… nine per cent
- Si to seven hours… nine per cent
- More than seven hours… 24 per cent
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