City of Las Vegas / Department of Public Safety - Animal Control / Administrative Support Assistant
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
1 employee holds this title in Department of Public Safety - Animal Control. Median total compensation for the role is $72,998, below the department median of $99,356.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 11,080 people — is $46,040. Department of Public Safety - Animal Control pays a median base salary of $48,654 for this role, 6% above that figure — about the 60th 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Public Safety - Animal Control’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. Department of Public Safety - Animal Control’s median base salary is 2% above that national figure, about the 53rd 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Public Safety - Animal Control is $72,998, 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 Support Assistant is held in 60 City of Las Vegas departments. In Department of Public Safety - Animal Control, the median of $72,998 ranks #41 of 60.
Median total compensation for the Administrative Support Assistant role in other City of Las Vegasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Administrative Support Assistant/Department of Public Safety - Animal Control
Source-specific fields
Luz Vargas works as a Administrative Support Assistant for Department of Public Safety - Animal Control within Cea. Luz earned $72,998 in 2021.