Compared with the local labor market
Clerical Specialist pay vs. the Baton Rouge, LA area
Across all employers in the Baton Rouge, LA area, the median wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 2,050 people — is $58,800. Library Board of Control pays a median base salary of $35,353 for this role, 40% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Library Board of Control sits in the local pay range
$43,810
$50,390
$58,800
$68,270
$84,090
Library Board of Control median · $35,353
The bar is the range of annual wages for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants across every employer in the Baton Rouge, LA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Library Board of Control’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 459,910 people — is $76,590. Library Board of Control’s median base salary is 54% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$50,560
$61,390
$76,590
$94,390
$109,850
Library Board of Control median · $35,353
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 Baton Rouge, LA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 4 of 5 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Library Board of Control is $35,353, 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 jurisdictions
Clerical Specialist beyond City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish, the median of $25,631 ranks #2 of 3. See Clerical Specialist across all of City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Clerical Specialistroles 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.