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 Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $43,460 per year ($20.90 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $30,930 at the 10th percentile to $59,330 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,200 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area earn more than $43,460 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,200 and $48,600.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $30,930 | $37,200 | $43,460 | $48,600 | $59,330 |
| Hourly | $14.87 | $17.89 | $20.90 | $23.37 | $28.52 |
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
- Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$43,460 median for Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $37,200 to $48,600
- Pennsylvaniastate$46,270 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $37,980 to $53,090
- United Statesnational$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 −6% vs Pennsylvania overall and −9% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan areathis page$43,460 median for Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $37,200 to $48,600
- $48,850 median for Philadelphia metro area; middle half earns $41,280 to $58,910
- $47,700 median for State College metro area; middle half earns $37,780 to $51,720
- $47,430 median for Harrisburg metro area; middle half earns $39,460 to $53,970
- $47,080 median for Allentown metro area; middle half earns $39,350 to $56,430
- $46,270 median for Lancaster metro area; middle half earns $37,690 to $51,070
- $45,550 median for Pittsburgh metro area; middle half earns $37,440 to $50,610
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executives · Highest-paying occupations in Central Pennsylvania 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.