Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Salary

Median Salary
$45,930
per year
Hourly Rate
$22.08
per hour
Employment
961,610
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$35,930
25th percentile
$38,570
Median
$45,930
75th percentile
$50,580
90th percentile
$60,530

💰 Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
Washington$58,100+26.5%
California$54,490+18.6%
Massachusetts$50,290+9.5%
Oregon$50,130+9.1%
Minnesota$50,030+8.9%
Hawaii$49,920+8.7%
District of Columbia$49,180+7.1%
New Jersey$48,660+5.9%
Connecticut$48,500+5.6%
New Hampshire$48,410+5.4%
Wisconsin$48,380+5.3%
Vermont$48,200+4.9%
Alaska$47,870+4.2%
Maryland$47,850+4.2%
New York$47,710+3.9%
Maine$46,990+2.3%
Nevada$46,990+2.3%
Colorado$46,920+2.2%
Rhode Island$46,860+2.0%
Illinois$46,670+1.6%
Virginia$46,180+0.5%
Nebraska$46,100+0.4%
Arizona$45,820-0.2%
South Dakota$45,810-0.3%
North Dakota$45,390-1.2%
Pennsylvania$44,930-2.2%
Idaho$44,920-2.2%
Delaware$44,500-3.1%
Wyoming$44,430-3.3%
Utah$44,330-3.5%
Ohio$44,280-3.6%
New Mexico$44,230-3.7%
North Carolina$44,190-3.8%
Indiana$44,060-4.1%
Missouri$43,980-4.2%
Montana$43,740-4.8%
Georgia$43,160-6.0%
Kansas$43,020-6.3%
Texas$42,910-6.6%
Florida$41,730-9.1%
Michigan$41,100-10.5%
Iowa$40,980-10.8%
South Carolina$40,170-12.5%
Tennessee$39,940-13.0%
Kentucky$38,750-15.6%
West Virginia$38,430-16.3%
Oklahoma$38,330-16.5%
Arkansas$37,000-19.4%
Alabama$36,930-19.6%
Louisiana$36,930-19.6%
Mississippi$36,290-21.0%

🏙️ Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$69,350+51.0%
Napa, CA$61,830+34.6%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$61,330+33.5%
Vallejo, CA$61,220+33.3%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$60,350+31.4%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$60,240+31.2%
Longview-Kelso, WA$58,830+28.1%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$57,730+25.7%
Bellingham, WA$55,670+21.2%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$54,740+19.2%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$54,560+18.8%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$52,900+15.2%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$52,570+14.5%
Barnstable Town, MA$51,940+13.1%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$51,870+12.9%
Albany, OR$51,650+12.5%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$51,650+12.5%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$51,610+12.4%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$51,600+12.3%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$51,410+11.9%
Carson City, NV$50,860+10.7%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$50,780+10.6%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$50,740+10.5%
Bend, OR$50,640+10.3%
Fairbanks-College, AK$50,340+9.6%
Modesto, CA$50,250+9.4%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$50,230+9.4%
Vineland, NJ$50,230+9.4%
Iowa City, IA$50,130+9.1%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$50,090+9.1%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$49,900+8.6%
Boulder, CO$49,890+8.6%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$49,830+8.5%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$49,820+8.5%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$49,800+8.4%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$49,730+8.3%
Salinas, CA$49,630+8.1%
Yuba City, CA$49,600+8.0%
Urban Honolulu, HI$49,460+7.7%
Grants Pass, OR$49,430+7.6%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$49,230+7.2%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$49,200+7.1%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$49,180+7.1%
Mankato, MN$49,160+7.0%
Pittsfield, MA$48,930+6.5%
Salem, OR$48,920+6.5%
Minot, ND$48,880+6.4%
New Haven, CT$48,790+6.2%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$48,560+5.7%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$48,410+5.4%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$48,380+5.3%
Madison, WI$48,380+5.3%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$48,280+5.1%
Walla Walla, WA$48,130+4.8%
Fresno, CA$48,120+4.8%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$48,090+4.7%
Eau Claire, WI$47,970+4.4%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$47,950+4.4%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$47,880+4.2%
Duluth, MN-WI$47,870+4.2%
Corvallis, OR$47,850+4.2%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$47,810+4.1%
Springfield, MA$47,780+4.0%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$47,750+4.0%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$47,750+4.0%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$47,720+3.9%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$47,680+3.8%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$47,680+3.8%
Bangor, ME$47,640+3.7%
Kenosha, WI$47,610+3.7%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$47,560+3.5%
Visalia, CA$47,560+3.5%
Appleton, WI$47,520+3.5%
Redding, CA$47,510+3.4%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$47,510+3.4%
Bozeman, MT$47,500+3.4%
Yakima, WA$47,500+3.4%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$47,480+3.4%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$47,470+3.4%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$47,430+3.3%
Chico, CA$47,400+3.2%
Albuquerque, NM$47,310+3.0%
Worcester, MA$47,290+3.0%
Medford, OR$47,230+2.8%
Portland-South Portland, ME$47,200+2.8%
Sheboygan, WI$47,200+2.8%
Fond du Lac, WI$47,140+2.6%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$47,120+2.6%
Flagstaff, AZ$47,110+2.6%
Anchorage, AK$47,080+2.5%
Lewiston, ID-WA$47,040+2.4%
Santa Fe, NM$47,040+2.4%
Green Bay, WI$47,030+2.4%
Reno, NV$46,990+2.3%
Cheyenne, WY$46,950+2.2%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$46,950+2.2%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$46,860+2.0%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$46,860+2.0%
St. Cloud, MN$46,840+2.0%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$46,810+1.9%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$46,750+1.8%
Ann Arbor, MI$46,740+1.8%
Bismarck, ND$46,710+1.7%
Merced, CA$46,660+1.6%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$46,600+1.5%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$46,600+1.5%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$46,600+1.5%
Wausau, WI$46,570+1.4%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$46,540+1.3%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$46,510+1.3%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$46,370+1.0%
Winston-Salem, NC$46,370+1.0%
Omaha, NE-IA$46,340+0.9%
Columbus, OH$46,220+0.6%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$46,190+0.6%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$46,180+0.5%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$46,180+0.5%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$46,060+0.3%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$46,030+0.2%
Rockford, IL$46,010+0.2%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$45,960+0.1%
Gainesville, FL$45,960+0.1%
Bloomington, IL$45,940+0.0%
Cleveland, OH$45,920-0.0%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$45,840-0.2%
Lincoln, NE$45,830-0.2%
El Centro, CA$45,820-0.2%
Glens Falls, NY$45,720-0.5%
Pueblo, CO$45,670-0.6%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$45,650-0.6%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$45,630-0.7%
St. Louis, MO-IL$45,620-0.7%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$45,570-0.8%
Fargo, ND-MN$45,540-0.8%
Lebanon, PA$45,540-0.8%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$45,490-1.0%
Twin Falls, ID$45,470-1.0%
Charlottesville, VA$45,460-1.0%
Lancaster, PA$45,450-1.0%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$45,390-1.2%
Kingston, NY$45,280-1.4%
Reading, PA$45,210-1.6%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$45,190-1.6%
Boise City, ID$45,170-1.7%
Kansas City, MO-KS$45,160-1.7%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$45,140-1.7%
Gainesville, GA$45,060-1.9%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$45,060-1.9%
Fort Wayne, IN$45,030-2.0%
Greeley, CO$44,980-2.1%
Lexington Park, MD$44,980-2.1%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$44,970-2.1%
Williamsport, PA$44,930-2.2%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$44,920-2.2%
Great Falls, MT$44,880-2.3%
Syracuse, NY$44,870-2.3%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$44,860-2.3%
Topeka, KS$44,820-2.4%
Colorado Springs, CO$44,680-2.7%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$44,640-2.8%
Grand Island, NE$44,580-2.9%
Peoria, IL$44,530-3.0%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$44,500-3.1%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$44,450-3.2%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$44,430-3.3%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$44,410-3.3%
Rochester, NY$44,380-3.4%
Idaho Falls, ID$44,370-3.4%
Missoula, MT$44,310-3.5%
Richmond, VA$44,310-3.5%
State College, PA$44,280-3.6%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$44,260-3.6%
Pittsburgh, PA$44,260-3.6%
Midland, TX$44,250-3.7%
York-Hanover, PA$44,250-3.7%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$44,210-3.7%
Burlington, NC$44,190-3.8%
Grand Junction, CO$44,140-3.9%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$44,080-4.0%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$44,060-4.1%
Lawrence, KS$44,010-4.2%
Yuma, AZ$43,940-4.3%
Kokomo, IN$43,890-4.4%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$43,880-4.5%
Chambersburg, PA$43,880-4.5%
Jacksonville, FL$43,880-4.5%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$43,840-4.6%
Abilene, TX$43,790-4.7%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$43,770-4.7%
Billings, MT$43,710-4.8%
Salisbury, MD$43,710-4.8%
Helena, MT$43,590-5.1%
Harrisonburg, VA$43,580-5.1%
Utica-Rome, NY$43,570-5.1%
Gettysburg, PA$43,530-5.2%
Sandusky, OH$43,500-5.3%
Springfield, IL$43,350-5.6%
Binghamton, NY$43,290-5.7%
Ogden, UT$43,210-5.9%
St. George, UT$43,150-6.1%
Lynchburg, VA$43,030-6.3%
Bay City, MI$42,820-6.8%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$42,730-7.0%
Winchester, VA-WV$42,710-7.0%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$42,580-7.3%
San Angelo, TX$42,560-7.3%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$42,560-7.3%
Canton-Massillon, OH$42,340-7.8%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$42,320-7.9%
Erie, PA$42,210-8.1%
Traverse City, MI$42,180-8.2%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$42,160-8.2%
Columbus, IN$42,110-8.3%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$41,950-8.7%
Columbia, MO$41,890-8.8%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$41,890-8.8%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$41,880-8.8%
Decatur, IL$41,820-8.9%
Akron, OH$41,740-9.1%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$41,660-9.3%
Bloomington, IN$41,630-9.4%
Tucson, AZ$41,610-9.4%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$41,600-9.4%
Port St. Lucie, FL$41,600-9.4%
Niles, MI$41,570-9.5%
Springfield, OH$41,530-9.6%
Asheville, NC$41,520-9.6%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$41,500-9.6%
Rocky Mount, NC$41,480-9.7%
Flint, MI$41,430-9.8%
Logan, UT-ID$41,230-10.2%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$41,180-10.3%
Elmira, NY$41,000-10.7%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$40,930-10.9%
College Station-Bryan, TX$40,910-10.9%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$40,900-11.0%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$40,660-11.5%
Saginaw, MI$40,570-11.7%
Casper, WY$40,540-11.7%
Muncie, IN$40,520-11.8%
Midland, MI$40,400-12.0%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$40,390-12.1%
Pocatello, ID$40,370-12.1%
Johnstown, PA$40,290-12.3%
Odessa, TX$40,220-12.4%
Ames, IA$40,210-12.5%
Columbia, SC$40,160-12.6%
Sherman-Denison, TX$40,160-12.6%
Battle Creek, MI$40,130-12.6%
Spartanburg, SC$40,050-12.8%
Wilmington, NC$40,040-12.8%
Punta Gorda, FL$39,990-12.9%
Greenville, NC$39,980-13.0%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$39,940-13.0%
Altoona, PA$39,910-13.1%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$39,820-13.3%
Jackson, MI$39,740-13.5%
Toledo, OH$39,730-13.5%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$39,640-13.7%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$39,630-13.7%
Corpus Christi, TX$39,560-13.9%
Lubbock, TX$39,560-13.9%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$39,530-13.9%
Wichita, KS$39,530-13.9%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$39,520-14.0%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$39,520-14.0%
Savannah, GA$39,430-14.2%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$39,410-14.2%
Sumter, SC$39,380-14.3%
Dubuque, IA$39,340-14.3%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$39,270-14.5%
Wheeling, WV-OH$39,200-14.7%
Birmingham, AL$39,150-14.8%
Farmington, NM$39,090-14.9%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$39,090-14.9%
Lima, OH$39,090-14.9%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$39,000-15.1%
Tulsa, OK$38,980-15.1%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$38,950-15.2%
Jefferson City, MO$38,920-15.3%
Oklahoma City, OK$38,870-15.4%
Dover, DE$38,860-15.4%
Cedar Rapids, IA$38,830-15.5%
Amarillo, TX$38,810-15.5%
Hot Springs, AR$38,800-15.5%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$38,750-15.6%
Goldsboro, NC$38,690-15.8%
Las Cruces, NM$38,690-15.8%
Wichita Falls, TX$38,660-15.8%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$38,640-15.9%
Columbus, GA-AL$38,630-15.9%
Killeen-Temple, TX$38,630-15.9%
Joplin, MO-KS$38,600-16.0%
Cleveland, TN$38,580-16.0%
Jacksonville, NC$38,580-16.0%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$38,560-16.0%
Charleston, WV$38,540-16.1%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$38,440-16.3%
Knoxville, TN$38,420-16.4%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$38,380-16.4%
Paducah, KY-IL$38,340-16.5%
Hammond, LA$38,320-16.6%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$38,310-16.6%
Terre Haute, IN$38,310-16.6%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$38,300-16.6%
Baton Rouge, LA$38,280-16.7%
Albany, GA$38,240-16.7%
Evansville, IN$38,220-16.8%
Waco, TX$38,190-16.9%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$38,160-16.9%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$38,140-17.0%
Jackson, TN$38,100-17.0%
Morgantown, WV$38,100-17.0%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$38,090-17.1%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$38,080-17.1%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$38,070-17.1%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$38,030-17.2%
Bowling Green, KY$37,940-17.4%
Ocala, FL$37,920-17.4%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$37,920-17.4%
Victoria, TX$37,920-17.4%
Manhattan, KS$37,910-17.5%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$37,910-17.5%
Tyler, TX$37,880-17.5%
Warner Robins, GA$37,810-17.7%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$37,800-17.7%
Lafayette, LA$37,710-17.9%
Huntsville, AL$37,680-18.0%
Rome, GA$37,680-18.0%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$37,670-18.0%
Kankakee, IL$37,660-18.0%
Beckley, WV$37,650-18.0%
Mansfield, OH$37,650-18.0%
Decatur, AL$37,610-18.1%
Fayetteville, NC$37,600-18.1%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$37,500-18.4%
Sebring, FL$37,500-18.4%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$37,500-18.4%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$37,490-18.4%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$37,440-18.5%
Clarksville, TN-KY$37,380-18.6%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$37,360-18.7%
Roanoke, VA$37,270-18.9%
Lawton, OK$37,230-18.9%
Tallahassee, FL$37,200-19.0%
Laredo, TX$37,190-19.0%
Springfield, MO$37,150-19.1%
Owensboro, KY$37,070-19.3%
Monroe, MI$37,060-19.3%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$37,030-19.4%
Florence, SC$37,030-19.4%
Longview, TX$36,970-19.5%
Elizabethtown, KY$36,920-19.6%
Enid, OK$36,890-19.7%
Jackson, MS$36,880-19.7%
Morristown, TN$36,860-19.7%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$36,800-19.9%
El Paso, TX$36,790-19.9%
Homosassa Springs, FL$36,790-19.9%
Jonesboro, AR$36,730-20.0%
Virgin Islands$36,710-20.1%
Johnson City, TN$36,570-20.4%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$36,560-20.4%
Montgomery, AL$36,500-20.5%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$36,470-20.6%
Lake Charles, LA$36,400-20.7%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$36,370-20.8%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$36,320-20.9%
Mobile, AL$36,220-21.1%
Tuscaloosa, AL$36,220-21.1%
Dalton, GA$36,200-21.2%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$36,130-21.3%
Hinesville, GA$36,010-21.6%
Monroe, LA$35,930-21.8%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$35,830-22.0%
Eagle Pass, TX$35,750-22.2%
Dothan, AL$35,560-22.6%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$35,470-22.8%
Texarkana, TX-AR$35,340-23.1%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$35,170-23.4%
Arecibo, PR$35,130-23.5%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$35,090-23.6%
Valdosta, GA$34,980-23.8%
Hattiesburg, MS$34,690-24.5%
Gadsden, AL$34,670-24.5%
Alexandria, LA$34,460-25.0%
Aguadilla, PR$33,280-27.5%
Guam$31,680-31.0%
Guayama, PR$30,940-32.6%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$29,670-35.4%
Puerto Rico$29,620-35.5%
Mayaguez, PR$28,010-39.0%
Ponce, PR$23,220-49.4%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.