Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$44,640

National average

Salary Range

$35,050 – $60,050

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$67,380$46,330$79,170
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$61,090$45,670$81,720
Napa, CA$60,940$46,870$76,380
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$60,470$48,800$74,220
Vallejo, CA$60,260$40,450$79,190
Bellingham, WA$57,360$46,320$70,300
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$56,980$42,830$80,200
Washington$56,920$45,250$70,550
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$56,300$39,880$74,120
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$53,850$44,720$69,050
California$52,720$38,070$73,990
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$52,260$44,860$66,930
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$51,960$39,880$69,930
Albany, OR$51,760$40,180$67,250
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$51,580$40,160$64,290
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$51,480$42,590$70,150
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$50,770$37,260$70,820
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$50,750$37,440$63,380
Barnstable Town, MA$50,540$39,280$64,690
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$50,510$36,900$60,370
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$50,460$41,910$62,000
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$50,460$45,730$68,640
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$50,450$39,840$71,180
Salinas, CA$50,430$42,430$65,150
Massachusetts$50,190$41,080$62,000
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$50,160$45,400$63,610
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$50,110$39,220$71,610
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$49,980$40,530$65,220
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$49,880$40,610$67,060
Bend, OR$49,700$42,900$61,470
Madison, WI$49,680$40,570$62,750
Oregon$49,570$40,040$63,350
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$49,380$41,310$60,960
Longview-Kelso, WA$49,310$40,240$68,750
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$49,250$42,490$60,820
Santa Fe, NM$49,220$37,920$60,670
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$49,180$39,000$64,390
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$48,990$39,800$58,670
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$48,980$40,890$64,630
Worcester, MA$48,880$41,370$62,930
Chico, CA$48,840$38,070$58,220
Minnesota$48,820$42,680$60,700
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$48,820$42,210$58,330
Medford, OR$48,810$40,050$61,670
Vineland, NJ$48,770$36,060$60,180
Connecticut$48,720$39,310$63,990
Iowa City, IA$48,710$37,130$61,400
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$48,700$36,950$60,820
Kennewick-Richland, WA$48,660$40,600$63,590
Grants Pass, OR$48,630$38,390$62,590
Urban Honolulu, HI$48,620$36,740$57,420
Hawaii$48,620$37,780$57,420
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$48,560$39,200$64,260
Boulder, CO$48,460$39,490$59,620
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$48,330$39,460$61,670
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$48,270$37,550$58,410
Sheboygan, WI$48,210$41,640$57,140
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$48,200$37,660$65,940
Alaska$48,160$37,110$59,910
Yuba City, CA$48,160$38,490$60,870
New York$48,090$38,100$60,950
Rochester, MN$48,080$47,090$59,220
Fairbanks-College, AK$48,080$36,040$58,910
Salem, OR$48,070$39,800$61,070
New Haven, CT$47,950$40,070$64,150
Bismarck, ND$47,900$36,450$58,140
Modesto, CA$47,840$37,570$79,630
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$47,840$39,560$59,660
Mankato, MN$47,730$38,340$58,440
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$47,720$38,240$59,430
Pittsfield, MA$47,690$36,890$61,520
Anchorage, AK$47,650$37,690$60,100
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$47,640$38,360$61,210
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$47,560$38,810$60,860
Rhode Island$47,540$39,450$60,260
Carson City, NV$47,540$38,750$59,550
Springfield, MA$47,510$37,590$59,340
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$47,510$37,260$59,030
Corvallis, OR$47,380$37,610$60,940
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$47,300$38,000$61,280
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$47,300$39,260$57,220
Topeka, KS$47,290$35,100$56,160
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$47,270$38,440$56,320
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$47,250$42,890$59,560
District of Columbia$47,240$36,910$66,770
Stockton-Lodi, CA$47,220$37,650$63,710
Coeur d'Alene, ID$47,170$36,280$57,430
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$47,170$36,850$59,980
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$47,170$40,830$59,610
Eugene-Springfield, OR$47,150$38,560$63,120
Walla Walla, WA$47,140$40,470$60,910
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$47,120$38,340$60,260
Lewiston, ID-WA$47,120$36,250$56,650
Cleveland, OH$47,050$38,130$57,670
Wisconsin$46,880$39,490$55,880
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$46,880$37,970$55,390
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$46,860$38,230$59,090
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$46,860$41,590$50,470
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$46,850$36,870$61,010
Yakima, WA$46,820$38,530$57,200
Maryland$46,690$37,180$59,380
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$46,660$38,490$57,760
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$46,640$40,310$55,880
New Jersey$46,610$36,250$60,410
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$46,600$37,340$64,700
New Hampshire$46,550$38,490$58,570
Arizona$46,510$37,440$60,450
Fresno, CA$46,480$37,580$60,210
Wausau, WI$46,460$37,630$52,410
Omaha, NE-IA$46,320$38,210$58,090
Duluth, MN-WI$46,240$38,920$55,460
Kenosha, WI$46,230$39,390$52,020
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$46,210$38,070$59,070
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$46,200$40,520$59,280
Visalia, CA$46,180$35,760$60,910
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$46,170$38,110$58,410
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$46,130$38,850$58,400
Green Bay, WI$46,070$39,330$50,930
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$46,010$38,270$56,060
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$46,000$37,580$58,650
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$45,950$39,110$58,180
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$45,950$35,350$59,320
Portland-South Portland, ME$45,940$38,440$57,680
Redding, CA$45,930$37,400$60,270
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$45,930$38,460$59,280
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$45,850$36,710$61,490
Manchester-Nashua, NH$45,850$38,000$54,220
Vermont$45,840$38,520$58,710
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$45,820$35,880$57,880
Eau Claire, WI$45,810$39,260$51,510
Janesville-Beloit, WI$45,790$38,100$50,970
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$45,670$38,890$58,910
Reno, NV$45,630$37,230$62,540
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$45,630$36,160$51,990
Bangor, ME$45,620$38,100$56,090
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$45,600$36,960$56,770
Cheyenne, WY$45,590$37,210$55,820
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$45,590$37,990$54,050
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$45,530$36,390$58,260
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$45,500$36,120$56,860
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$45,500$37,630$57,300
St. Cloud, MN$45,480$38,700$56,790
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$45,470$38,640$51,990
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$45,450$38,450$52,050
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$45,440$41,190$51,850
Rochester, NY$45,420$38,080$55,550
Colorado$45,390$37,130$57,180
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$45,370$38,350$59,480
Gainesville, GA$45,330$35,880$51,270
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$45,270$38,210$57,330
Grand Forks, ND-MN$45,220$36,040$56,340
Illinois$45,200$36,570$56,150
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$45,180$36,290$60,140
Columbus, OH$45,140$36,940$50,290
El Centro, CA$45,140$35,350$58,860
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$45,070$37,750$48,230
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$45,060$37,530$58,160
Bozeman, MT$45,040$37,380$56,200
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$45,020$36,400$57,840
Ithaca, NY$44,960$38,080$56,260
Nebraska$44,780$37,230$55,880
Appleton, WI$44,740$40,660$52,490
Kingston, NY$44,720$35,760$60,100
Albuquerque, NM$44,700$36,610$57,010
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$44,690$37,370$59,020
Maine$44,690$37,830$56,370
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$44,510$36,400$55,320
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$44,500$36,370$53,040
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$44,460$37,170$47,950
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$44,460$35,270$58,230
Raleigh-Cary, NC$44,430$35,060$53,010
South Dakota$44,420$39,220$47,950
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$44,400$35,660$58,620
Lincoln, NE$44,380$37,330$57,180
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$44,290$35,100$58,180
Virginia$44,260$36,200$57,260
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$44,130$36,190$54,080
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$44,120$36,040$54,190
Kansas City, MO-KS$44,120$35,760$56,240
Fargo, ND-MN$44,070$36,890$57,240
Colorado Springs, CO$44,060$36,890$52,380
North Dakota$44,040$36,400$57,530
Greeley, CO$44,030$36,410$56,570
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$44,010$37,060$50,190
Tucson, AZ$43,950$36,260$56,300
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$43,930$35,760$58,280
Midland, TX$43,900$32,250$49,340
Nevada$43,870$35,510$57,490
Columbia, MO$43,820$35,240$57,510
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$43,800$35,870$54,750
Minot, ND$43,760$36,960$58,000
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$43,710$34,080$48,710
Fort Wayne, IN$43,700$35,360$50,980
Flagstaff, AZ$43,600$38,050$53,100
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$43,590$35,320$53,830
Reading, PA$43,560$36,980$50,480
Charlottesville, VA$43,510$37,330$52,250
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$43,460$36,990$53,680
Glens Falls, NY$43,380$37,020$50,650
Champaign-Urbana, IL$43,370$36,440$48,830
Delaware$43,190$35,410$56,750
St. Louis, MO-IL$43,140$33,880$58,770
Kokomo, IN$43,130$36,730$53,960
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$43,110$35,410$55,560
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$43,000$32,870$49,460
Pennsylvania$42,990$35,670$53,220
Naples-Marco Island, FL$42,900$35,030$54,810
Ann Arbor, MI$42,860$38,030$49,270
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$42,850$36,620$50,370
Lexington Park, MD$42,800$36,170$56,950
Lancaster, PA$42,710$36,150$49,300
Peoria, IL$42,680$36,550$48,110
Gainesville, FL$42,590$33,400$50,470
Lexington-Fayette, KY$42,520$32,330$51,520
Elmira, NY$42,340$36,770$47,410
Grand Island, NE$42,160$37,120$52,000
Missouri$42,030$32,940$56,260
Pittsburgh, PA$41,990$35,260$48,740
Ohio$41,980$35,760$53,870
Syracuse, NY$41,940$36,920$56,290
St. George, UT$41,920$33,230$54,790
Idaho$41,920$31,240$55,470
Bay City, MI$41,890$34,510$47,640
Springfield, IL$41,850$37,910$47,480
New Mexico$41,810$34,700$56,640
Richmond, VA$41,790$36,150$54,600
Wyoming$41,760$35,810$57,550
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$41,760$36,590$52,230
Gettysburg, PA$41,700$35,000$50,590
Indiana$41,640$34,810$53,350
Grand Junction, CO$41,600$33,800$47,850
Winston-Salem, NC$41,580$33,060$48,950
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$41,530$30,170$49,920
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$41,400$33,530$56,300
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$41,370$35,860$57,680
Idaho Falls, ID$41,070$31,520$55,130
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$41,040$36,730$51,110
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$40,920$34,470$55,470
Georgia$40,880$31,700$57,520
Lawrence, KS$40,880$33,510$50,510
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$40,860$34,070$53,230
Boise City, ID$40,840$28,260$57,360
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$40,810$32,780$48,650
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$40,790$36,570$50,320
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$40,740$33,950$52,900
Virgin Islands$40,700$29,290$44,330
Merced, CA$40,680$35,560$55,960
Akron, OH$40,650$35,300$50,350
Decatur, IL$40,640$38,050$48,600
San Angelo, TX$40,610$30,820$46,790
Yuma, AZ$40,540$34,600$54,060
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$40,490$35,700$50,310
Utah$40,470$33,530$54,580
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$40,470$34,540$49,690
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$40,470$37,930$50,910
York-Hanover, PA$40,460$37,090$50,390
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$40,450$34,560$54,810
Williamsport, PA$40,450$33,460$50,760
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$40,440$35,320$56,190
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$40,410$35,310$50,370
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$40,370$31,480$54,800
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$40,370$33,790$52,800
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$40,360$36,290$48,680
Rockford, IL$40,250$36,970$48,370
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$40,240$34,330$50,050
Sandusky, OH$40,190$34,700$52,370
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$40,170$36,490$50,350
Pueblo, CO$40,160$34,510$48,250
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$40,120$32,210$48,530
Traverse City, MI$40,050$35,570$48,370
Michigan$40,050$35,450$49,970
Flint, MI$40,050$33,330$48,950
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$40,050$35,140$51,560
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$40,020$35,290$54,930
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$40,010$33,750$58,850
North Carolina$39,930$32,660$49,840
Athens-Clarke County, GA$39,930$34,130$48,530
Bloomington, IL$39,910$36,070$49,250
Montana$39,870$33,970$49,780
Binghamton, NY$39,870$36,590$47,360
Missoula, MT$39,870$35,350$52,000
Burlington, NC$39,850$30,560$50,400
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$39,760$33,140$52,150
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$39,750$34,630$48,970
Lebanon, PA$39,750$35,510$49,680
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$39,720$35,620$60,550
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$39,700$35,610$47,650
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$39,680$33,160$48,450
Niles, MI$39,640$35,450$47,800
Winchester, VA-WV$39,620$35,000$53,550
Chambersburg, PA$39,600$34,160$53,220
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$39,590$31,990$48,120
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$39,580$30,320$49,380
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$39,580$35,110$52,000
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$39,570$30,590$51,260
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$39,560$33,900$49,000
Texas$39,560$31,170$52,050
Abilene, TX$39,560$31,750$47,070
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$39,560$32,090$47,820
Billings, MT$39,550$33,860$48,450
Kansas$39,540$31,200$51,280
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$39,520$33,530$53,500
Punta Gorda, FL$39,450$35,620$49,160
St. Joseph, MO-KS$39,450$35,360$50,960
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$39,450$34,570$50,920
Florida$39,450$33,660$52,050
Saginaw, MI$39,420$34,180$49,650
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$39,410$35,830$49,790
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$39,370$34,200$48,920
Casper, WY$39,360$35,780$49,920
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$39,350$31,130$49,500
Springfield, MO$39,310$31,370$47,300
Morgantown, WV$39,310$35,170$48,600
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$39,270$35,360$48,700
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$39,260$30,570$49,920
Midland, MI$39,250$35,520$49,020
Warner Robins, GA$39,240$31,870$49,580
Iowa$39,240$32,130$50,490
Muncie, IN$39,230$34,540$47,430
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$39,220$31,100$54,050
Cedar Rapids, IA$39,180$31,180$49,410
Harrisonburg, VA$39,150$33,930$48,870
Bloomington, IN$39,140$34,400$48,920
Greensboro-High Point, NC$39,100$33,320$48,500
Jacksonville, FL$39,100$34,750$50,140
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$39,090$35,650$47,480
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$39,080$32,350$56,730
Canton-Massillon, OH$39,060$32,690$48,160
Port St. Lucie, FL$39,040$35,070$48,850
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$39,030$35,510$47,780
Tulsa, OK$39,020$31,980$49,160
Battle Creek, MI$39,000$32,600$46,920
Great Falls, MT$39,000$34,340$48,110
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$38,990$32,110$49,660
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$38,980$31,200$50,350
Columbia, SC$38,970$30,180$49,160
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$38,960$33,360$49,840
Ames, IA$38,950$31,870$47,640
Rome, GA$38,940$32,200$49,840
Ogden, UT$38,910$30,300$49,610
Dover, DE$38,910$32,870$56,890
Pocatello, ID$38,900$32,020$54,220
Asheville, NC$38,900$35,360$50,980
Spartanburg, SC$38,890$35,270$48,660
Twin Falls, ID$38,890$23,390$55,370
Lima, OH$38,860$34,400$49,050
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$38,860$35,090$46,400
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$38,830$31,760$49,450
Sherman-Denison, TX$38,800$30,800$47,700
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$38,800$35,360$48,500
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$38,790$31,000$47,600
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$38,790$33,230$49,370
Springfield, OH$38,780$32,200$46,300
Macon-Bibb County, GA$38,780$31,790$49,140
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$38,770$31,870$49,130
South Carolina$38,760$31,320$50,700
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$38,760$30,520$47,850
Corpus Christi, TX$38,730$30,640$46,790
Salisbury, MD$38,720$35,610$48,480
State College, PA$38,680$35,530$47,670
Tennessee$38,630$30,170$54,550
Erie, PA$38,550$33,710$45,910
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$38,550$33,780$57,120
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$38,540$35,350$49,500
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$38,530$32,650$49,100
Toledo, OH$38,520$34,610$47,920
Utica-Rome, NY$38,520$34,600$47,470
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$38,520$35,260$50,160
Odessa, TX$38,490$32,860$47,990
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$38,470$32,010$47,860
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$38,420$32,410$46,250
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$38,400$33,900$47,200
Savannah, GA$38,390$32,060$51,000
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$38,360$34,700$47,380
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$38,350$33,880$49,850
Mansfield, OH$38,340$31,610$46,440
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$38,330$32,130$48,360
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$38,330$31,190$47,040
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$38,330$30,350$49,610
Tyler, TX$38,320$30,290$47,600
Dubuque, IA$38,320$31,760$49,980
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$38,310$31,370$47,520
Birmingham, AL$38,290$29,670$48,860
Oklahoma City, OK$38,270$31,770$49,010
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$38,270$33,840$57,680
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$38,260$30,950$48,820
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$38,250$32,870$48,980
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$38,250$30,650$48,250
Monroe, MI$38,240$33,020$50,340
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$38,230$33,530$47,910
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$38,230$30,110$46,650
Wilmington, NC$38,220$34,320$47,360
Altoona, PA$38,200$32,750$50,920
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$38,200$31,200$49,350
Lynchburg, VA$38,170$35,050$47,760
Amarillo, TX$38,150$29,950$47,750
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$38,150$30,680$47,930
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$38,150$31,060$47,030
Evansville, IN$38,140$33,530$49,150
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$38,140$31,430$48,600
Rocky Mount, NC$38,120$29,500$52,670
College Station-Bryan, TX$38,100$29,810$47,930
Columbus, IN$38,080$31,140$50,280
Greenville, NC$38,070$32,700$45,870
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$38,040$30,730$50,480
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$38,040$34,360$49,190
Kentucky$38,010$28,870$48,590
Helena, MT$38,010$32,870$48,410
Oklahoma$37,990$30,410$49,010
Logan, UT-ID$37,990$27,990$50,120
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,980$31,290$46,810
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$37,970$30,150$50,560
Killeen-Temple, TX$37,970$31,130$46,070
Wichita, KS$37,900$32,090$49,000
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$37,890$27,040$49,180
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$37,870$33,730$46,740
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$37,860$31,680$50,040
Elizabethtown, KY$37,850$28,790$48,380
Jackson, MS$37,840$29,740$52,960
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$37,830$21,320$56,530
Jackson, MI$37,820$34,420$47,800
Lubbock, TX$37,820$27,730$46,790
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$37,760$27,990$47,590
Cleveland, TN$37,690$29,620$48,920
Waco, TX$37,660$30,800$47,720
West Virginia$37,660$30,640$50,120
Roanoke, VA$37,640$34,340$47,460
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$37,590$30,810$48,080
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$37,580$31,480$48,460
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,570$29,500$49,130
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,560$26,770$49,930
Wichita Falls, TX$37,540$29,390$48,010
Johnstown, PA$37,530$29,860$44,030
Albany, GA$37,520$29,670$44,450
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$37,520$31,840$48,770
Wheeling, WV-OH$37,510$31,180$48,580
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$37,510$29,700$47,940
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$37,460$30,190$45,760
Chattanooga, TN-GA$37,440$29,840$49,150
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$37,440$30,750$46,940
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$37,420$28,550$49,920
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$37,390$30,630$48,020
Columbus, GA-AL$37,380$29,990$44,930
Bowling Green, KY$37,360$28,920$46,590
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$37,360$32,760$46,420
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$37,340$36,610$45,820
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$37,300$30,380$46,980
Terre Haute, IN$37,290$31,410$48,870
Knoxville, TN$37,270$29,870$55,770
Victoria, TX$37,250$30,130$45,690
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$37,240$29,950$47,850
Joplin, MO-KS$37,180$30,720$48,790
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$37,180$25,220$45,770
Las Cruces, NM$37,150$31,800$53,470
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$37,150$21,530$50,140
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$37,130$31,080$47,360
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$37,130$32,010$49,010
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,130$30,980$46,440
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$37,090$34,430$47,170
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$37,070$29,810$48,320
Jackson, TN$37,050$28,910$48,090
Youngstown-Warren, OH$36,990$31,680$48,120
Clarksville, TN-KY$36,970$28,750$47,980
Johnson City, TN$36,950$29,540$48,950
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$36,950$29,360$46,170
Huntsville, AL$36,940$28,910$50,720
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$36,920$29,410$48,220
Ocala, FL$36,910$29,470$47,290
Sumter, SC$36,910$29,650$45,660
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$36,880$35,220$53,510
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$36,870$34,030$47,920
Florence, SC$36,870$30,250$59,550
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$36,860$29,870$48,350
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$36,830$31,510$45,380
Goldsboro, NC$36,800$28,430$48,210
Manhattan, KS$36,800$31,780$49,140
Farmington, NM$36,770$30,480$48,970
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$36,730$33,140$51,180
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$36,730$29,660$48,420
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$36,710$27,170$55,190
Charleston, WV$36,700$31,890$53,170
Fayetteville, NC$36,700$29,320$46,630
Dalton, GA$36,660$28,620$46,230
Jacksonville, NC$36,640$28,620$47,600
Montgomery, AL$36,620$27,740$47,270
Sebring, FL$36,610$30,050$45,180
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$36,610$29,770$47,300
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$36,590$27,580$45,760
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$36,580$30,210$48,310
Mississippi$36,570$28,500$52,960
Kankakee, IL$36,570$36,570$47,410
El Paso, TX$36,560$28,020$49,850
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$36,540$29,680$54,610
Paducah, KY-IL$36,520$30,370$47,410
Longview, TX$36,510$29,390$46,030
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$36,500$24,590$45,320
Jefferson City, MO$36,490$30,700$47,710
Laredo, TX$36,470$28,590$45,440
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$36,460$30,920$46,390
Enid, OK$36,400$30,270$50,980
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$36,380$31,310$46,400
Alabama$36,310$28,030$48,180
Owensboro, KY$36,270$30,160$47,350
Lafayette, LA$36,260$27,620$43,390
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$36,240$30,270$49,470
Mobile, AL$36,150$28,950$46,900
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$36,120$28,070$47,250
Baton Rouge, LA$36,070$32,020$55,370
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$36,070$28,370$46,160
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$36,050$28,230$50,130
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$36,030$28,680$46,870
Morristown, TN$36,020$28,890$47,710
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$36,010$31,130$46,140
Valdosta, GA$35,960$28,950$47,080
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$35,940$28,870$46,790
Homosassa Springs, FL$35,940$30,790$44,610
Louisiana$35,930$29,180$46,400
Auburn-Opelika, AL$35,920$26,480$48,810
Arkansas$35,910$29,980$46,550
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,880$28,940$49,080
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$35,840$28,740$44,710
Tallahassee, FL$35,800$29,830$47,880
Decatur, AL$35,790$26,010$48,550
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,720$27,770$47,500
Beckley, WV$35,560$30,830$45,080
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,560$27,770$47,340
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$35,550$26,770$45,150
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,520$28,120$49,810
Texarkana, TX-AR$35,450$27,460$45,880
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$35,430$32,540$41,380
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$35,390$26,420$51,690
Tuscaloosa, AL$35,360$28,110$46,570
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$35,360$29,900$56,160
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$35,360$28,080$47,210
Hinesville, GA$35,350$24,150$48,560
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$35,290$26,350$46,800
Lawton, OK$35,160$26,410$44,720
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$35,130$24,250$54,790
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$35,100$29,060$41,600
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$34,960$27,950$49,230
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$34,910$28,390$40,100
Jonesboro, AR$34,860$30,890$43,830
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$34,800$25,110$46,640
Dothan, AL$34,770$27,500$45,310
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$34,750$28,100$54,730
Fort Smith, AR-OK$34,730$31,620$41,820
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$34,630$29,030$46,320
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$34,590$22,880$45,360
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$34,580$24,280$45,270
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$34,520$24,960$48,350
Hot Springs, AR$34,470$25,490$42,540
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$34,440$20,990$49,760
Anniston-Oxford, AL$34,340$27,670$46,200
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$34,220$26,660$47,340
Monroe, LA$34,200$26,780$51,510
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$34,150$28,780$49,460
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$33,970$28,680$47,040
Gadsden, AL$33,830$26,380$43,520
Eagle Pass, TX$33,810$23,920$45,540
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$33,740$27,280$47,050
Alexandria, LA$33,460$29,740$44,340
Hammond, LA$33,370$29,570$44,990
Hattiesburg, MS$33,020$26,700$47,770
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$32,730$24,250$51,510
Lake Charles, LA$32,300$23,410$44,720
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$31,840$24,310$44,780
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$31,530$23,370$40,800
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$30,920$27,090$36,610
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$30,630$24,670$42,860
Guam$29,590$22,340$42,640
Guayama, PR$22,610$20,800$29,790
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$22,030$20,890$33,820
Puerto Rico$21,820$20,050$29,970
Aguadilla, PR$21,260$19,760$29,970
Mayaguez, PR$21,240$20,240$24,480
Arecibo, PR$20,490$19,760$30,320
Ponce, PR$20,260$19,760$25,460
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$20,230$19,760$27,840

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants make?▾

The median annual salary for a Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants is $44,640, with a typical range of $35,050 – $60,050 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants?▾

Entry-level Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants positions typically start around $35,050 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistantss earn the most?▾

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistantss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.