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Allegheny County, Pennsylvania / Children Initiatives / Administrative Assistant

Job-title file

Administrative Assistant

Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.

2 employees hold this title in Children Initiatives. Median total compensation for the role is $37,548, below the department median of $59,135.

Employees
2
Total payroll
$75.1K
Role median
$37,548
Agency median
$59,135
Comparison
Below

Compared with the local labor market

Administrative Assistant pay vs. the Pittsburgh, PA area

Across all employers in the Pittsburgh, PA area, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 12,160 people — is $45,550. Children Initiatives pays a median base salary of $37,080 for this role, 19% below that figureabout the 24th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Children Initiatives sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$30,470
$37,440
$45,550
$50,610
$60,270
Children Initiatives median · $37,080

The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive across every employer in the Pittsburgh, PA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Children Initiatives’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 1,706,790 people — is $47,540. Children Initiatives’s median base salary is 22% below that national figure, about the 20th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$33,280
$38,830
$47,540
$58,000
$66,350
Children Initiatives median · $37,080

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Pittsburgh, PA range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Children Initiatives is $37,548, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Administrative Assistant is held in 20 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania departments. In Children Initiatives, the median of $37,548 ranks #15 of 20.

Highest-paying departments for this role

District Attorney
$68,868 · 2
Court Records
$51,983 · 3
Parks
$51,313 · 1
Sheriff
$50,668 · 2
Police
$48,528 · 1
Controller
$48,147 · 1
Human Services
$46,195 · 36
Treasurer
$46,076 · 1
Human Resources
$44,959 · 1

Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant role in other Allegheny County, Pennsylvaniadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Administrative Assistant beyond Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the median of $47,077 ranks #20 of 31. See Administrative Assistant across all of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Los Angeles County
$142,353 · 378
City of San Jose
$126,642 · 11
City of Boston
$77,773 · 26
Illinois
$74,800 · 528
New York City
$73,085 · 105
California
$71,808 · 287

Median total compensation for comparable Administrative Assistantroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Tashaya L. Strothers

Administrative Assistant/Children Initiatives

2025 total comp
$46,974
Base pay
$46,350
Overtime
$624
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$46,974
Hire date
10/21/2024

Source-specific fields

Annual Salary
$46,350
Elected Official
No
Gross Pay
$46,974
Pay Status
Active

Tashaya L. Strothers works as a Administrative Assistant for Children Initiatives. Their hire date on record is 10/21/2024. Tashaya earned $46,974 in 2025.

Grace Mcgowan

Administrative Assistant/Children Initiatives

2024 total comp
$28,122
Base pay
$27,810
Overtime
$312
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$28,122
Hire date
10/10/2023

Source-specific fields

Annual Salary
$46,350
Elected Official
No
Gross Pay
$28,122
Pay Status
Terminated
Termination Date
Jul 18, 2024

Grace Mcgowan is a Administrative Assistant at Children Initiatives. Records show a hire date of 10/10/2023. 2024 total compensation came to $28,122.