City of Charlotte / Cmpd Office of the Chief / Office Assistant
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
1 employees hold this title in Cmpd Office of the Chief. Median total compensation for the role is $59,758, below the department median of $81,734.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 16,390 people — is $44,010. Cmpd Office of the Chief pays a median base salary of $59,758 for this role, 36% above that figure — about the 86th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General 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 Cmpd Office of the Chief’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 2,464,940 people — is $45,010. Cmpd Office of the Chief’s median base salary is 33% above that national figure, about the 83rd 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 Cmpd Office of the Chief is $59,758, 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
Office Assistant is held in 14 City of Charlotte departments. In Cmpd Office of the Chief, the median of $59,758 ranks #3 of 14.
Median total compensation for the Office 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 13 jurisdictions. In City of Charlotte, the median of $55,650 ranks #2 of 13. See Office Assistant across all of City of Charlotte →
Median total compensation for comparable Office 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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Office Assistant/Cmpd Office of the Chief
Source-specific fields
Laura Jordan is a Office Assistant at Cmpd Office of the Chief within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $59,758.