Real salary data
What Administrative Assistants actually earn in 2026.
The median for Administrative Assistant is $46,800 across 178 real salary records (H-1B visa filings and tech job postings), updated Oct 26, 2026.
01 / By source
Real salary bands, by source.
Bands come from 178 real records. Each source has a different bias, disclosed below.
Density curve fitted to the observed quartiles (log-normal). $41,483–$55,400 contains the middle 50% of records in the best-represented source; the shape between them is an approximation.
| Source | Records | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job postings | 178 | $41,483 | $46,800 | $55,400 |
- Job postings that disclose salary in the ad text
Salary data updated Oct 26, 2026. Bands are percentiles, not averages; n is the number of underlying records.
02 / By city
What Administrative Assistants earn, by city.
Real records; cities with at least 10 observations.
| City | Records | Range (p25–p75) | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque, NM | 18 | $33,280 – $46,147 | $41,722 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 15 | $42,640 – $54,600 | $46,800 |
| Fresno, CA | 12 | $45,025 – $57,936 | $46,554 |
| Miami, FL | 12 | $41,670 – $49,660 | $46,155 |
| Houston, TX | 11 | $36,920 – $55,156 | $44,720 |
| New York, NY | 11 | $49,741 – $56,909 | $55,224 |
03 / By state
What Administrative Assistants earn, by state.
| State | Records | Range (p25–p75) | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 37 | $43,680 – $56,742 | $46,800 |
| NM | 18 | $33,280 – $46,147 | $41,722 |
| MI | 16 | $36,140 – $48,716 | $40,560 |
| FL | 13 | $41,694 – $49,046 | $47,445 |
| NY | 11 | $49,741 – $56,909 | $55,224 |
| TX | 11 | $36,920 – $55,156 | $44,720 |
04 / Context
How Administrative Assistants pay compares with similar roles.
| Profession | Risk | Median | Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation and Benefits Manager | Medium | $178,900 | +0.2% (2024–34) |
| Customer Service Representative | High | $39,520 | -5.5% (2024–34) |
| Data Entry Clerk | Critical | $44,834 | -25.9% (2024–34) |
| Executive Administrative Assistant | High | $75,000 | -1.6% (2024–34) |
| General and Operations Manager | Medium | $124,800 | +4.4% (2024–34) |
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How to move up the pay band.
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06 / FAQ
Salary questions, answered.
01Why are the bands different from the BLS median?
The BLS median covers all Administrative Assistant in the US. These bands come from real records with known biases — H-1B filings skew to visa-eligible (high-skill) roles and tech postings skew to tech employers — so they sit above the national median. We disclose the source of every band.
02How often is this data updated?
The dataset refreshes weekly from live job postings and quarterly from new H-1B disclosures.