Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in the US
A secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive earns a national median of $47,540 a year (mean $49,350) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #610 of 825.
How much does a secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive earn in the US?
A secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in the United States earns a median of $47,540 a year (mean $49,350), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 7% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 1,706,790 people work in this occupation (SOC 43-6014), ranked #610 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$47,540
per year
Mean
$49,350
per year
Employment
1,706,790
US workers
National rank
#610
of 825 by median
What a secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive (SOC 43-6014) earns a median annual wage of $47,540 and a mean (average) of $49,350. The median is the midpoint — half of secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive earn more and half earn less — and is 7% 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 secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive is $47,540, and the mean (average) is $49,350. The median is the midpoint — half of secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive earn more and half earn less.
- How does secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive pay compare to the US average?
- At $47,540, a secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive earns 7% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 1,706,790 secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive employed nationally (SOC 43-6014), across all industries.
- Where does this secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive 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 43-6014. 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 43-6014 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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