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United States
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
United States. Estimated employment 961,610, with pages for 97 metro areas below.
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$35,930 10th
$38,570 25th
$45,930 50th
$50,580 75th
$60,530 90th
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
Metro area Median Employment
San Jose, CA $69,350 6,340 Napa, CA $61,830 510 San Francisco, CA $61,330 13,660 Vallejo, CA $61,220 990 Santa Rosa, CA $60,240 1,190 Sacramento, CA $57,730 7,710 San Luis Obispo, CA $54,740 840 Barnstable Town, MA $51,940 560 San Diego, CA $51,650 11,260 Boston, MA $51,600 16,330 Los Angeles, CA $51,410 40,380 Riverside, CA $49,820 10,530 New York, NY $49,230 52,640 Pittsfield, MA $48,930 530 Washington, DC $48,280 18,960 Amherst Town, MA $47,880 320 Springfield, MA $47,780 1,030 Chicago, IL $47,680 20,020 Worcester, MA $47,290 2,860 Philadelphia, PA $47,120 15,550 Flagstaff, AZ $47,110 240 Durham, NC $46,860 5,820 Ann Arbor, MI $46,740 1,930 Phoenix, AZ $46,600 13,570 Raleigh, NC $46,600 7,600 Austin, TX $46,510 6,000 Atlanta, GA $46,370 22,590 Winston, NC $46,370 3,980 Allentown, PA $46,180 1,960 Champaign, IL $46,060 570 Rockford, IL $46,010 930 Buffalo, NY $45,960 3,110 Gainesville, FL $45,960 1,650 Bloomington, IL $45,940 390 Kiryas Joel, NY $45,840 2,040 Glens Falls, NY $45,720 390 Charlotte, NC $45,650 13,380 Dallas, TX $45,630 21,700 Nashville, TN $45,570 12,970 Lebanon, PA $45,540 190 North Port, FL $45,490 3,150 Lancaster, PA $45,450 980 Kingston, NY $45,280 290 Reading, PA $45,210 690 Albany, NY $45,140 2,240 Miami, FL $45,060 27,020 Gainesville, GA $45,060 1,020 Naples, FL $44,970 1,370 Williamsport, PA $44,930 150 Harrisburg, PA $44,920 1,380 Syracuse, NY $44,870 1,870 Kalamazoo, MI $44,860 930 Peoria, IL $44,530 1,050 Greensboro, NC $44,500 3,870 Rochester, NY $44,380 4,510 State College, PA $44,280 250 Lake Havasu City, AZ $44,260 510 Midland, TX $44,250 360 Houston, TX $44,210 20,220 Burlington, NC $44,190 620 Yuma, AZ $43,940 240 Cape Coral, FL $43,880 3,290 Jacksonville, FL $43,880 7,710 Abilene, TX $43,790 940 Tampa, FL $43,770 16,350 Springfield, IL $43,350 1,330 Bay City, MI $42,820 240 San Angelo, TX $42,560 460 San Antonio, TX $42,560 7,350 Detroit, MI $42,320 11,620 Traverse City, MI $42,180 530 Lansing, MI $41,880 1,140 Decatur, IL $41,820 220 Tucson, AZ $41,610 2,050 Port St. Lucie, FL $41,600 1,750 Niles, MI $41,570 320 Asheville, NC $41,520 3,000 Muskegon, MI $41,500 350 Rocky Mount, NC $41,480 420 College Station, TX $40,910 500 Prescott Valley, AZ $40,900 650 Memphis, TN $39,940 7,180 Orlando, FL $39,520 13,050 Savannah, GA $39,430 1,480 Chattanooga, TN $38,640 3,590 Columbus, GA $38,630 1,030 Cleveland, TN $38,580 510 Macon, GA $38,560 1,120 Knoxville, TN $38,420 6,280 Albany, GA $38,240 560 Sierra Vista, AZ $38,160 160 Jackson, TN $38,100 1,080 Augusta, GA $38,070 2,040 Warner Robins, GA $37,810 550 Kankakee, IL $37,660 320 Clarksville, TN $37,380 1,130 Morristown, TN $36,860 560
Sources
How this page was made
Wage data Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment 961,610 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation SOC 43-6013, Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants. Mapped to our taxonomy as medical-secretaries-and-administrative-assistants .
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.