Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Worcester, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 2,860.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Worcester earn more.
$47,290 in Worcester buys what $46,100 buys across the country as a whole.
Worcester's regional price parity is 102.5 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Worcester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable Town | $51,940 | $52,800 | 98.4 | +14.5% |
| Boston | $51,600 | $47,700 | 108.3 | +3.3% |
| Pittsfield | $48,930 | $51,400 | 95.1 | +11.5% |
| Amherst Town | $47,880 | $47,800 | 100.2 | +3.6% |
| Springfield | $47,780 | $49,700 | 96.1 | +7.8% |
| Worcester This page | $47,290 | $46,100 | 102.5 | — |
Price parity and difference against Worcester are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 2,860 employed in this occupation in the metro (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.
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