Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Salary in the US
A medical secretaries and administrative assistants earns a national median of $45,930 a year (mean $46,800) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #646 of 825.
How much does a medical secretaries and administrative assistants earn in the US?
A medical secretaries and administrative assistants in the United States earns a median of $45,930 a year (mean $46,800), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 10% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 961,610 people work in this occupation (SOC 43-6013), ranked #646 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$45,930
per year
Mean
$46,800
per year
Employment
961,610
US workers
National rank
#646
of 825 by median
What a medical secretaries and administrative assistants earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a medical secretaries and administrative assistants (SOC 43-6013) earns a median annual wage of $45,930 and a mean (average) of $46,800. The median is the midpoint — half of medical secretaries and administrative assistants earn more and half earn less — and is 10% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a medical secretaries and administrative assistants in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for medical secretaries and administrative assistants is $45,930, and the mean (average) is $46,800. The median is the midpoint — half of medical secretaries and administrative assistants earn more and half earn less.
- How does medical secretaries and administrative assistants pay compare to the US average?
- At $45,930, a medical secretaries and administrative assistants earns 10% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many medical secretaries and administrative assistants are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 961,610 medical secretaries and administrative assistants employed nationally (SOC 43-6013), across all industries.
- Where does this medical secretaries and administrative assistants salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 43-6013. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 43-6013 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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