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Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary by State (2025)

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Compare Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive salaries across 51 states

$47,012
National Average (Median)
$59,910
Highest: District of Columbia
$37,340
Lowest: Mississippi

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary by State

Compare Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive salaries across all 50 states. Click any state for the full breakdown.

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AK AL AR AZ CA CO FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NM NV NY OH OK OR PA SC SD TN TX UT VA WA WI WV WY VT NH MA RI CT NJ DE MD DC
$37,340
$59,910

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 Annual

AL $41,630 AK $48,530 AZ $47,940 AR $37,630 CA $55,400 CO $48,690 CT $57,210 DE $47,970 DC $59,910 FL $45,900 GA $41,600 HI $50,830 ID $43,710 IL $48,310 IN $44,270 IA $45,150 KS $42,270 KY $44,200 LA $38,790 ME $49,820 MD $48,680 MA $57,940 MI $46,020 MN $51,400 MS $37,340 MO $43,540 MT $43,940 NE $46,760 NV $46,570 NH $48,080 NJ $50,260 NM $46,450 NY $49,600 NC $45,790 ND $47,480 OH $46,230 OK $39,660 OR $51,740 PA $46,270 RI $52,140 SC $44,880 SD $41,700 TN $45,810 TX $45,140 UT $47,050 VT $48,920 VA $47,620 WA $57,330 WV $40,370 WI $47,710 WY $45,450

Top 5 Highest-Paying States

#1
District of Columbia
$59,910
#2
Massachusetts
$57,940
#3
Washington
$57,330
#4
Connecticut
$57,210
#5
California
$55,400

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in All 51 States

# State Median Salary Mean Salary Employment
1 District of Columbia $59,910 $61,270 11,800
2 Massachusetts $57,940 $58,380 37,750
3 Washington $57,330 $58,130 31,710
4 Connecticut $57,210 $58,390 22,650
5 California $55,400 $57,710 158,630
6 Rhode Island $52,140 $53,790 5,200
7 Oregon $51,740 $54,070 23,150
8 Minnesota $51,400 $52,690 31,330
9 Hawaii $50,830 $52,870 7,020
10 New Jersey $50,260 $52,910 65,960
11 Maine $49,820 $51,220 6,740
12 New York $49,600 $51,490 122,490
13 Vermont $48,920 $50,160 3,360
14 Colorado $48,690 $50,700 29,120
15 Maryland $48,680 $50,790 54,890
16 Alaska $48,530 $49,510 5,390
17 Illinois $48,310 $52,070 74,280
18 New Hampshire $48,080 $49,000 9,050
19 Delaware $47,970 $49,140 6,320
20 Arizona $47,940 $50,130 31,220
21 Wisconsin $47,710 $48,830 28,100
22 Virginia $47,620 $49,720 31,580
23 North Dakota $47,480 $47,420 5,800
24 Utah $47,050 $47,530 14,870
25 Nebraska $46,760 $47,820 16,240
26 Nevada $46,570 $48,160 16,790
27 New Mexico $46,450 $47,380 25,430
28 Pennsylvania $46,270 $46,570 65,310
29 Ohio $46,230 $47,360 54,790
30 Michigan $46,020 $47,710 40,830
31 Florida $45,900 $48,730 104,000
32 Tennessee $45,810 $46,140 34,580
33 North Carolina $45,790 $46,200 43,690
34 Wyoming $45,450 $45,890 2,250
35 Iowa $45,150 $45,770 12,830
36 Texas $45,140 $45,850 149,650
37 South Carolina $44,880 $45,010 30,180
38 Indiana $44,270 $44,770 20,100
39 Kentucky $44,200 $44,840 18,420
40 Montana $43,940 $43,420 4,520
41 Idaho $43,710 $43,920 7,570
42 Missouri $43,540 $44,750 33,180
43 Kansas $42,270 $43,340 32,120
44 South Dakota $41,700 $42,030 6,120
45 Alabama $41,630 $43,060 45,050
46 Georgia $41,600 $43,340 44,430
47 West Virginia $40,370 $41,990 8,820
48 Oklahoma $39,660 $41,070 20,120
49 Louisiana $38,790 $40,370 28,040
50 Arkansas $37,630 $39,890 8,590
51 Mississippi $37,340 $39,590 14,720

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Take-Home Pay After Taxes

Gross salary only tells half the story. State income taxes vary from 0% to 13.3%, dramatically affecting your take-home pay. See exactly what a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive keeps after federal, state, and FICA taxes.

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Data Source & Methodology

Salary data is sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, 2025 estimates. After-tax figures use IRS federal brackets and state income tax rates for all 50 states.

Our Methodology · Data Sources · Source: BLS OEWS

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