Podle mezinárodní Asociace IAAP se administrativní pozice dělí do několika základních kategorií, v rámci kterých jsou zastoupeny jednotlivé pozice (pro přesnost ponecháno v anglické verzi).
Administrativa vlastní
- Entry-Level Administrative Assistant
- Administrative Assistant
- Senior Administrative Assistant
- Executive Assistant
- Senior Executive Assistant
- Senior Office/Facilities Manager
- Office/Facilities Manager
- Human Resources Assistant
- Marketing Assistant
- Sales Assistant
- Mortgage/Escrow Assistant
- Research Assistant
- Project Coordinator
- Project Assistant
- Presentation/Graphics Specialist
- Logistics Coordinator
- Document Control Clerk
Recepce
- Front Desk Coordinator
- Receptionist
- Switchboard Operator
- Office Services
- Office/Facilities Coordinator
- Office Clerk
- Mail Assistant
- File Clerk
- Imaging Specialist
- Data Entry
- Senior Data Entry Specialist
- Data Entry Specialist
- Word Processor
- Transcriptionist
Zákaznický servis
- Customer Service/Call Center Manager
- Senior Customer Service/Call Center Representative
- Customer Service/Call Center Representative
Administrativa ve zdravotnictví
- Patient Registration/Admissions Clerk/Enrollment Specialist
- Insurance Referral Coordinator
- Insurance Verification Clerk
- Medical File Clerk
- Medical Secretary/Administrative Assistant
- Medical Transcriptionist
- Medical Receptionist
- Medical Front Desk Coordinator
- Medical Office Administrator
- Medical Executive Assistant
- Medical Records Technician
- Medical Data Entry Specialist
- Senior Medical Customer Service Representative
- Medical Customer Service Representative
- Surgery Scheduler
- Credentialing Specialist