Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive · SOC 43-6014

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.

Median annual wage$38,150
Median hourly wage$18.34

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $38,150 per year ($18.34 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $30,230 at the 10th percentile to $51,330 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,030 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $38,150 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,360 and $46,240.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$30,230$35,360$38,150$46,240$51,330
Hourly$14.54$17.00$18.34$22.23$24.68

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.

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How this area compares

  • Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area
    $38,150 median for Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $35,360 to $46,240
  • Indianastate
    $44,270 median for Indiana; middle half earns $36,860 to $50,050
  • $47,540 median for United States; middle half earns $38,830 to $58,000

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −14% vs Indiana overall and −20% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Other metro areas in Indiana

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Central Indiana nonmetropolitan areathis page
    $38,150 median for Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $35,360 to $46,240
  • $47,270 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $38,280 to $52,120
  • $46,450 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $38,130 to $51,930
  • $44,980 median for Evansville metro area; middle half earns $37,790 to $49,390
  • $44,820 median for Fort Wayne metro area; middle half earns $36,650 to $49,910
  • $44,410 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $36,310 to $50,000
  • $44,220 median for Kokomo metro area; middle half earns $37,190 to $47,780

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Highest-paying metro areas for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executives · Highest-paying occupations in Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area

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.