Johnson County, Kansas / Johnson / Secretary

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Secretary

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

7 employees hold this title in Johnson. Median total compensation for the role is $58,378, below the department median of $67,585.

Employees: 7
Total payroll: $304.4K
Role median: $58,378
Agency median: $67,585
Comparison: Below

Compared with the local labor market

Secretary pay vs. the Kansas City, MO-KS area

Across all employers in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 15,930 people — is $46,810. Johnson pays a median base salary of $59,120 for this role, 26% above that figure — about the 85th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Johnson sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$33,680

$38,590

$46,810

$53,600

$61,720

Johnson median · $59,120

The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive across every employer in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Johnson’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. Johnson’s median base salary is 24% above that national figure, about the 77th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$33,280

$38,830

$47,540

$58,000

$66,350

Johnson median · $59,120

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 Kansas City, MO-KS range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 5 of 7 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Johnson is $58,378, 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

Secretary beyond Johnson County, Kansas

This role is reported in 27 jurisdictions. In Johnson County, Kansas, the median of $58,378 ranks #8 of 27. See Secretary across all of Johnson County, Kansas →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City and County of San Francisco

$135,666 · 63

Los Angeles County

$114,909 · 831

City of Los Angeles

$105,298 · 113

District of Columbia

$70,919 · 9

Ramsey County, Minnesota

$69,267 · 5

U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

$61,530 · 2,940

New York Public Authorities

$61,133 · 122

Vermont

$55,286 · 17

Median total compensation for comparable Secretary roles 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.

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