Pay distribution $46,900 10th $51,130 25th $64,370 75th $75,230 90th
Half of Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in the Seattle metro area earn more than $60,350 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $51,130 and $64,370.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $46,900 $51,130 $60,350 $64,370 $75,230 Hourly $22.55 $24.58 $29.01 $30.95 $36.17
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 Seattle metro areathis metro area
$60,350 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $51,130 to $64,370
$58,100 median for Washington; middle half earns $48,510 to $62,840
$45,930 median for United States; middle half earns $38,570 to $50,580
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +4% vs Washington overall and +31% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $23,220 $38,597 $53,973 $69,350 Ponce, PR — $23,220 Mayaguez, PR — $28,010 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $29,670 Guayama, PR — $30,940 Aguadilla, PR — $33,280 Alexandria, LA — $34,460 Gadsden, AL — $34,670 Hattiesburg, MS — $34,690 Valdosta, GA — $34,980 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $35,090 Arecibo, PR — $35,130 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $35,170 Texarkana, TX-AR — $35,340 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $35,470 Dothan, AL — $35,560 Eagle Pass, TX — $35,750 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $35,830 Monroe, LA — $35,930 Hinesville, GA — $36,010 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $36,130 Dalton, GA — $36,200 Mobile, AL — $36,220 Tuscaloosa, AL — $36,220 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $36,320 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $36,370 Lake Charles, LA — $36,400 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $36,470 Montgomery, AL — $36,500 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $36,560 Johnson City, TN — $36,570 Jonesboro, AR — $36,730 El Paso, TX — $36,790 Homosassa Springs, FL — $36,790 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $36,800 Morristown, TN — $36,860 Jackson, MS — $36,880 Enid, OK — $36,890 Elizabethtown, KY — $36,920 Longview, TX — $36,970 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $37,030 Florence, SC — $37,030 Monroe, MI — $37,060 Owensboro, KY — $37,070 Springfield, MO — $37,150 Laredo, TX — $37,190 Tallahassee, FL — $37,200 Lawton, OK — $37,230 Roanoke, VA — $37,270 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $37,360 Clarksville, TN-KY — $37,380 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $37,440 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $37,490 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $37,500 Sebring, FL — $37,500 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $37,500 Fayetteville, NC — $37,600 Decatur, AL — $37,610 Beckley, WV — $37,650 Mansfield, OH — $37,650 Kankakee, IL — $37,660 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $37,670 Huntsville, AL — $37,680 Rome, GA — $37,680 Lafayette, LA — $37,710 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $37,800 Warner Robins, GA — $37,810 Tyler, TX — $37,880 Manhattan, KS — $37,910 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $37,910 Ocala, FL — $37,920 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $37,920 Victoria, TX — $37,920 Bowling Green, KY — $37,940 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $38,030 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $38,070 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $38,080 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $38,090 Jackson, TN — $38,100 Morgantown, WV — $38,100 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $38,140 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $38,160 Waco, TX — $38,190 Evansville, IN — $38,220 Albany, GA — $38,240 Baton Rouge, LA — $38,280 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $38,300 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $38,310 Terre Haute, IN — $38,310 Hammond, LA — $38,320 Paducah, KY-IL — $38,340 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $38,380 Knoxville, TN — $38,420 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $38,440 Charleston, WV — $38,540 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $38,560 Cleveland, TN — $38,580 Jacksonville, NC — $38,580 Joplin, MO-KS — $38,600 Columbus, GA-AL — $38,630 Killeen-Temple, TX — $38,630 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $38,640 Wichita Falls, TX — $38,660 Goldsboro, NC — $38,690 Las Cruces, NM — $38,690 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $38,750 Hot Springs, AR — $38,800 Amarillo, TX — $38,810 Cedar Rapids, IA — $38,830 Dover, DE — $38,860 Oklahoma City, OK — $38,870 Jefferson City, MO — $38,920 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $38,950 Tulsa, OK — $38,980 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $39,000 Farmington, NM — $39,090 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $39,090 Lima, OH — $39,090 Birmingham, AL — $39,150 Wheeling, WV-OH — $39,200 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $39,270 Dubuque, IA — $39,340 Sumter, SC — $39,380 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $39,410 Savannah, GA — $39,430 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $39,520 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $39,520 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $39,530 Wichita, KS — $39,530 Corpus Christi, TX — $39,560 Lubbock, TX — $39,560 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $39,630 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $39,640 Toledo, OH — $39,730 Jackson, MI — $39,740 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $39,820 Altoona, PA — $39,910 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $39,940 Greenville, NC — $39,980 Punta Gorda, FL — $39,990 Wilmington, NC — $40,040 Spartanburg, SC — $40,050 Battle Creek, MI — $40,130 Columbia, SC — $40,160 Sherman-Denison, TX — $40,160 Ames, IA — $40,210 Odessa, TX — $40,220 Johnstown, PA — $40,290 Pocatello, ID — $40,370 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $40,390 Midland, MI — $40,400 Muncie, IN — $40,520 Casper, WY — $40,540 Saginaw, MI — $40,570 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $40,660 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $40,900 College Station-Bryan, TX — $40,910 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $40,930 Elmira, NY — $41,000 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $41,180 Logan, UT-ID — $41,230 Flint, MI — $41,430 Rocky Mount, NC — $41,480 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $41,500 Asheville, NC — $41,520 Springfield, OH — $41,530 Niles, MI — $41,570 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $41,600 Port St. Lucie, FL — $41,600 Tucson, AZ — $41,610 Bloomington, IN — $41,630 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $41,660 Akron, OH — $41,740 Decatur, IL — $41,820 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $41,880 Columbia, MO — $41,890 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $41,890 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $41,950 Columbus, IN — $42,110 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $42,160 Traverse City, MI — $42,180 Erie, PA — $42,210 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $42,320 Canton-Massillon, OH — $42,340 San Angelo, TX — $42,560 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $42,560 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $42,580 Winchester, VA-WV — $42,710 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $42,730 Bay City, MI — $42,820 Lynchburg, VA — $43,030 St. George, UT — $43,150 Ogden, UT — $43,210 Binghamton, NY — $43,290 Springfield, IL — $43,350 Sandusky, OH — $43,500 Gettysburg, PA — $43,530 Utica-Rome, NY — $43,570 Harrisonburg, VA — $43,580 Helena, MT — $43,590 Billings, MT — $43,710 Salisbury, MD — $43,710 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $43,770 Abilene, TX — $43,790 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $43,840 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $43,880 Chambersburg, PA — $43,880 Jacksonville, FL — $43,880 Kokomo, IN — $43,890 Yuma, AZ — $43,940 Lawrence, KS — $44,010 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $44,060 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $44,080 Grand Junction, CO — $44,140 Burlington, NC — $44,190 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $44,210 Midland, TX — $44,250 York-Hanover, PA — $44,250 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $44,260 Pittsburgh, PA — $44,260 State College, PA — $44,280 Missoula, MT — $44,310 Richmond, VA — $44,310 Idaho Falls, ID — $44,370 Rochester, NY — $44,380 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $44,410 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $44,430 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $44,450 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,500 Peoria, IL — $44,530 Grand Island, NE — $44,580 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $44,640 Colorado Springs, CO — $44,680 Topeka, KS — $44,820 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $44,860 Syracuse, NY — $44,870 Great Falls, MT — $44,880 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $44,920 Williamsport, PA — $44,930 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $44,970 Greeley, CO — $44,980 Lexington Park, MD — $44,980 Fort Wayne, IN — $45,030 Gainesville, GA — $45,060 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $45,060 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $45,140 Kansas City, MO-KS — $45,160 Boise City, ID — $45,170 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $45,190 Reading, PA — $45,210 Kingston, NY — $45,280 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $45,390 Lancaster, PA — $45,450 Charlottesville, VA — $45,460 Twin Falls, ID — $45,470 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $45,490 Fargo, ND-MN — $45,540 Lebanon, PA — $45,540 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $45,570 St. Louis, MO-IL — $45,620 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $45,630 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $45,650 Pueblo, CO — $45,670 Glens Falls, NY — $45,720 El Centro, CA — $45,820 Lincoln, NE — $45,830 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $45,840 Cleveland, OH — $45,920 Bloomington, IL — $45,940 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $45,960 Gainesville, FL — $45,960 Rockford, IL — $46,010 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,030 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $46,060 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $46,180 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $46,180 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $46,190 Columbus, OH — $46,220 Omaha, NE-IA — $46,340 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $46,370 Winston-Salem, NC — $46,370 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $46,510 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $46,540 Wausau, WI — $46,570 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $46,600 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $46,600 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $46,600 Merced, CA — $46,660 Bismarck, ND — $46,710 Ann Arbor, MI — $46,740 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $46,750 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $46,810 St. Cloud, MN — $46,840 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,860 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $46,860 Cheyenne, WY — $46,950 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $46,950 Reno, NV — $46,990 Green Bay, WI — $47,030 Lewiston, ID-WA — $47,040 Santa Fe, NM — $47,040 Anchorage, AK — $47,080 Flagstaff, AZ — $47,110 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $47,120 Fond du Lac, WI — $47,140 Portland-South Portland, ME — $47,200 Sheboygan, WI — $47,200 Medford, OR — $47,230 Worcester, MA — $47,290 Albuquerque, NM — $47,310 Chico, CA — $47,400 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $47,430 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $47,470 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $47,480 Bozeman, MT — $47,500 Yakima, WA — $47,500 Redding, CA — $47,510 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $47,510 Appleton, WI — $47,520 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $47,560 Visalia, CA — $47,560 Kenosha, WI — $47,610 Bangor, ME — $47,640 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $47,680 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $47,680 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $47,720 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $47,750 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $47,750 Springfield, MA — $47,780 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,810 Corvallis, OR — $47,850 Duluth, MN-WI — $47,870 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $47,880 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $47,950 Eau Claire, WI — $47,970 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $48,090 Fresno, CA — $48,120 Walla Walla, WA — $48,130 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $48,280 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $48,380 Madison, WI — $48,380 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $48,410 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $48,560 New Haven, CT — $48,790 Minot, ND — $48,880 Salem, OR — $48,920 Pittsfield, MA — $48,930 Mankato, MN — $49,160 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $49,180 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $49,200 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $49,230 Grants Pass, OR — $49,430 Urban Honolulu, HI — $49,460 Yuba City, CA — $49,600 Salinas, CA — $49,630 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $49,730 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $49,800 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $49,820 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $49,830 Boulder, CO — $49,890 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $49,900 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $50,090 Iowa City, IA — $50,130 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $50,230 Vineland, NJ — $50,230 Modesto, CA — $50,250 Fairbanks-College, AK — $50,340 Bend, OR — $50,640 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $50,740 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $50,780 Carson City, NV — $50,860 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $51,410 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $51,600 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $51,610 Albany, OR — $51,650 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $51,650 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $51,870 Barnstable Town, MA — $51,940 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $52,570 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $52,900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $54,560 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $54,740 Bellingham, WA — $55,670 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $57,730 Longview-Kelso, WA — $58,830 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $60,240 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $60,350 Vallejo, CA — $61,220 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $61,330 Napa, CA — $61,830 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $69,350 Seattle 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 Seattle metro area has the 5th-highest published median for this occupation among the 390 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 Washington Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for medical secretaries and administrative assistants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Seattle metro areathis page
$60,350 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $51,130 to $64,370
$58,830 median for Longview metro area; middle half earns $48,090 to $61,910
$55,670 median for Bellingham metro area; middle half earns $47,160 to $61,380
$52,900 median for Olympia metro area; middle half earns $47,910 to $58,340
$50,780 median for Kennewick metro area; middle half earns $47,220 to $58,790
$50,740 median for Mount Vernon metro area; middle half earns $47,320 to $61,720
$49,200 median for Spokane metro area; middle half earns $46,740 to $56,720
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Office Clerks, General $53,290 Customer Service Representatives $53,550 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $81,640 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $60,460 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $60,230 Receptionists and Information Clerks $45,820 Highest-paying metro areas for medical secretaries and administrative assistantss · Highest-paying occupations in Seattle 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 .