Pay distribution $36,150 10th $37,070 25th $57,210 75th $69,450 90th
Half of Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in the Abilene metro area earn more than $46,370 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,070 and $57,210.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $36,150 $37,070 $46,370 $57,210 $69,450 Hourly $17.38 $17.82 $22.29 $27.51 $33.39
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Abilene metro areathis metro area
$46,370 median for Abilene metro area; middle half earns $37,070 to $57,210
$45,940 median for Texas; middle half earns $41,590 to $62,610
$55,570 median for United States; middle half earns $44,450 to $71,970
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +1% vs Texas overall and −17% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,840 $43,650 $65,460 $87,270 Arecibo, PR — $21,840 Mayaguez, PR — $21,840 Ponce, PR — $26,000 Greenville, NC — $34,580 Joplin, MO-KS — $35,130 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $35,560 Jacksonville, NC — $36,030 Elizabethtown, KY — $36,230 Dothan, AL — $36,310 Fayetteville, NC — $36,360 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $36,500 Bowling Green, KY — $36,860 Owensboro, KY — $36,870 Great Falls, MT — $37,040 Monroe, LA — $37,280 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $37,380 Columbia, MO — $37,420 Alexandria, LA — $37,670 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $37,700 Grand Island, NE — $37,700 Burlington, NC — $37,800 Springfield, MO — $37,900 Columbus, GA-AL — $37,990 Harrisonburg, VA — $38,120 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $38,150 Eagle Pass, TX — $38,320 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $38,360 Decatur, AL — $38,440 Missoula, MT — $38,560 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $38,910 Paducah, KY-IL — $38,910 Cleveland, TN — $39,010 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $39,210 Enid, OK — $39,330 Manhattan, KS — $39,450 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $39,590 Erie, PA — $39,840 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $39,880 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $39,990 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $40,260 Gainesville, GA — $40,410 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $41,260 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $41,840 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $41,920 Wichita Falls, TX — $41,990 Idaho Falls, ID — $42,030 Lynchburg, VA — $42,090 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $42,320 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $42,690 Valdosta, GA — $42,840 Tuscaloosa, AL — $42,880 Corpus Christi, TX — $42,890 Johnson City, TN — $43,390 Boise City, ID — $43,470 Winchester, VA-WV — $43,800 Bloomington, IN — $44,090 Asheville, NC — $44,130 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $44,150 Evansville, IN — $44,180 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $44,360 Albany, GA — $44,380 Topeka, KS — $44,390 Wichita, KS — $44,580 Fort Wayne, IN — $44,730 Laredo, TX — $44,740 Lawrence, KS — $44,770 Jefferson City, MO — $44,870 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $44,970 Ocala, FL — $44,980 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $44,990 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $45,100 Charlottesville, VA — $45,120 Odessa, TX — $45,150 Cedar Rapids, IA — $45,370 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $45,380 Lake Charles, LA — $45,400 Texarkana, TX-AR — $45,410 Homosassa Springs, FL — $45,430 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $45,570 Jackson, TN — $45,610 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $45,730 Saginaw, MI — $45,770 Clarksville, TN-KY — $45,830 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $45,830 Kokomo, IN — $45,860 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $45,870 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $45,870 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $45,890 Mobile, AL — $45,910 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $45,920 Roanoke, VA — $45,950 Winston-Salem, NC — $45,960 Florence, SC — $46,120 Iowa City, IA — $46,140 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,150 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $46,190 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $46,240 Lancaster, PA — $46,250 San Angelo, TX — $46,260 Terre Haute, IN — $46,330 Springfield, MA — $46,350 Abilene, TX — $46,370 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $46,400 Lubbock, TX — $46,450 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $46,460 Hammond, LA — $46,480 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $46,510 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $46,510 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $46,540 Utica-Rome, NY — $46,550 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $46,590 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $46,590 Tyler, TX — $46,650 Lebanon, PA — $46,710 Ogden, UT — $46,720 Rockford, IL — $46,730 Niles, MI — $46,760 Peoria, IL — $46,940 Oklahoma City, OK — $46,990 Lafayette, LA — $47,160 Pittsburgh, PA — $47,180 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $47,230 Port St. Lucie, FL — $47,300 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $47,310 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $47,340 Tucson, AZ — $47,380 Wheeling, WV-OH — $47,410 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $47,430 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $47,490 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $47,500 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,510 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $47,530 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $47,610 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $47,630 Wausau, WI — $47,660 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $47,690 Visalia, CA — $47,750 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,790 Knoxville, TN — $47,860 Longview, TX — $47,860 Gainesville, FL — $47,920 Waco, TX — $47,930 El Paso, TX — $47,970 Chambersburg, PA — $47,990 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,000 Lincoln, NE — $48,140 St. Louis, MO-IL — $48,200 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $48,240 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $48,240 Rapid City, SD — $48,250 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $48,290 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $48,330 Huntsville, AL — $48,340 Bloomington, IL — $48,370 Helena, MT — $48,460 Tallahassee, FL — $48,490 College Station-Bryan, TX — $48,510 Bangor, ME — $48,670 Birmingham, AL — $48,730 Omaha, NE-IA — $48,760 Killeen-Temple, TX — $48,790 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $48,900 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $48,900 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $48,910 State College, PA — $48,930 Montgomery, AL — $49,000 Billings, MT — $49,020 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,070 Akron, OH — $49,080 Charleston, WV — $49,130 Yakima, WA — $49,160 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $49,200 Binghamton, NY — $49,280 Springfield, IL — $49,290 Farmington, NM — $49,340 Jacksonville, FL — $49,350 Traverse City, MI — $49,370 Urban Honolulu, HI — $49,390 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $49,490 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,490 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $49,560 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $49,620 Tulsa, OK — $49,660 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $49,750 Green Bay, WI — $49,840 Amarillo, TX — $49,850 Greeley, CO — $49,920 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $49,920 York-Hanover, PA — $50,010 Redding, CA — $50,020 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $50,100 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $50,240 Yuma, AZ — $50,240 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $50,260 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $50,290 Glens Falls, NY — $50,340 Appleton, WI — $50,490 Salem, OR — $50,510 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $50,520 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $50,710 Flint, MI — $50,850 St. Cloud, MN — $50,970 Baton Rouge, LA — $51,320 Longview-Kelso, WA — $51,370 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $51,390 Las Cruces, NM — $51,420 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $51,440 Vineland, NJ — $51,450 Colorado Springs, CO — $51,910 Rochester, NY — $52,160 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $52,580 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $52,670 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $52,710 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $52,920 Reading, PA — $52,930 Medford, OR — $53,260 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $53,880 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $54,100 Bellingham, WA — $54,130 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $54,190 Jackson, MS — $54,240 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $54,740 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $54,900 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $54,970 Boulder, CO — $55,590 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $55,750 Syracuse, NY — $55,780 Fresno, CA — $55,820 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $55,940 Canton-Massillon, OH — $56,120 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $56,480 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $56,510 Fargo, ND-MN — $56,590 Dover, DE — $57,130 Minot, ND — $57,250 Spartanburg, SC — $57,580 Portland-South Portland, ME — $57,620 Toledo, OH — $58,060 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $58,290 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $58,490 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $58,500 Columbia, SC — $58,520 Madison, WI — $58,840 Bismarck, ND — $58,870 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $58,990 Napa, CA — $59,130 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $59,360 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $59,370 Savannah, GA — $59,440 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $59,470 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $59,490 Fairbanks-College, AK — $59,800 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $59,830 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $59,970 Midland, TX — $60,070 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $60,100 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $60,100 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $60,230 Kingston, NY — $60,280 Columbus, OH — $60,420 Rochester, MN — $60,610 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $60,730 Albuquerque, NM — $60,860 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $61,030 Anchorage, AK — $61,280 Richmond, VA — $61,600 Ann Arbor, MI — $61,660 Worcester, MA — $61,730 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $61,780 Bend, OR — $61,820 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $61,880 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $62,000 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $62,330 Duluth, MN-WI — $62,600 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $62,620 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $62,690 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $62,950 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $63,470 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $64,480 Vallejo, CA — $64,850 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $65,790 New Haven, CT — $67,290 Santa Fe, NM — $67,600 Carson City, NV — $67,670 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $69,720 Lexington Park, MD — $70,660 Reno, NV — $71,130 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $71,670 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $74,360 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $74,790 Salinas, CA — $75,150 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $75,920 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $75,950 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $77,220 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $77,780 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $79,410 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $87,270 Abilene metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Abilene metro area has the 196th-highest published median for this occupation among the 297 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Texas Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for legal secretaries and administrative assistants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Abilene metro areathis page
$46,370 median for Abilene metro area; middle half earns $37,070 to $57,210
$60,070 median for Midland metro area; middle half earns $48,620 to $66,130
$55,940 median for Austin metro area; middle half earns $47,300 to $74,800
$49,850 median for Amarillo metro area; middle half earns $43,180 to $61,260
$48,790 median for Killeen metro area; middle half earns $37,760 to $57,350
$48,510 median for College Station metro area; middle half earns $41,030 to $64,490
$47,970 median for El Paso metro area; middle half earns $39,520 to $52,080
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Customer Service Representatives $36,830 Office Clerks, General $37,410 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $60,300 Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants $43,790 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $39,360 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $45,620 Highest-paying metro areas for legal secretaries and administrative assistantss · Highest-paying occupations in Abilene Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .