City of Charlotte / Charlotte Water Field Operations / Administrative Assistant
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
2 employees hold this title in Charlotte Water Field Operations. Median total compensation for the role is $66,030, above the department median of $61,069.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 11,330 people — is $46,800. Charlotte Water Field Operations pays a median base salary of $66,030 for this role, 41% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive across every employer in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Charlotte Water Field Operations’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. Charlotte Water Field Operations’s median base salary is 39% above that national figure, about the 89th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Charlotte Water Field Operations is $66,030, 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
Administrative Assistant is held in 23 City of Charlotte departments. In Charlotte Water Field Operations, the median of $66,030 ranks #9 of 23.
Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant role in other City of Charlottedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In City of Charlotte, the median of $64,792 ranks #12 of 31. See Administrative Assistant across all of City of Charlotte →
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
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Administrative Assistant/Charlotte Water Field Operations
Source-specific fields
Carol Johnson is a Administrative Assistant at Charlotte Water Field Operations within Cltwt. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $76,814.
Administrative Assistant/Charlotte Water Field Operations
Source-specific fields
Anecia Mahadeo works as a Administrative Assistant for Charlotte Water Field Operations within Cltwt. Their status is full-time. Anecia earned $55,245 in 2026.