Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants · SOC 43-6013

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistantss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for medical secretaries and administrative assistants. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 390 metro areas

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$69,350	6,340	5.6
2	Napa, CA	$61,830	510	6.6
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$61,330	13,660	5.8
4	Vallejo, CA	$61,220	990	6.9
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$60,350	6,420	3.1
6	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$60,240	1,190	5.8
7	Longview-Kelso, WA	$58,830	50	1.2
8	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$57,730	7,710	7.1
9	Bellingham, WA	$55,670	230	2.5
10	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$54,740	840	6.9
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$54,560	8,290	6.9
12	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$52,900	320	2.4
13	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$52,570	290	3.9
14	Barnstable Town, MA	$51,940	560	6.0
15	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$51,870	8,920	4.6
16	Albany, OR	$51,650	310	6.5
17	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$51,650	11,260	7.3
18	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$51,610	490	3.9
19	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$51,600	16,330	6.0
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$51,410	40,380	6.4
21	Carson City, NV	$50,860	140	4.4
22	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$50,780	350	2.7
23	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$50,740	180	3.5
24	Bend, OR	$50,640	1,290	11.9
25	Fairbanks-College, AK	$50,340	290	7.9

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.