Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants · SOC 43-6012
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Salary in the Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in the Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $44,280 per year ($21.29 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,590 at the 10th percentile to $60,860 at the 90th. BLS estimates 110 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in the Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area earn more than $44,280 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $40,120 and $48,090.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $37,590 | $40,120 | $44,280 | $48,090 | $60,860 |
| Hourly | $18.07 | $19.29 | $21.29 | $23.12 | $29.26 |
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
- Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$44,280 median for Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $40,120 to $48,090
- Michiganstate$56,870 median for Michigan; middle half earns $44,030 to $71,970
- United Statesnational$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 −22% vs Michigan overall and −20% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Michigan
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.
- Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan areathis page$44,280 median for Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $40,120 to $48,090
- $64,480 median for Detroit metro area; middle half earns $48,930 to $75,040
- $61,660 median for Ann Arbor metro area; middle half earns $48,800 to $72,860
- $56,510 median for Lansing metro area; middle half earns $49,750 to $65,020
- $50,850 median for Flint metro area; middle half earns $35,510 to $64,900
- $49,490 median for Kalamazoo metro area; middle half earns $36,410 to $70,390
- $49,370 median for Traverse City metro area; middle half earns $47,100 to $63,090
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:
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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.
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.