City of Las Vegas / Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations / Administrative Support Assistant
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
8 employees hold this title in Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations. Median total compensation for the role is $81,095, below the department median of $156,506.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 8 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
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 - Detention and Correction Operations pays a median base salary of $55,369 for this role, 20% above that figure — about the 79th 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 - Detention and Correction 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. Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations’s median base salary is 16% above that national figure, about the 69th 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.
Computed over the 7 of 9 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 Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations is $77,685, 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 - Detention and Correction Operations, the median of $81,095 ranks #29 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.
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Record list
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Administrative Support Assistant/Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations
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Valerie Davis Hamilton works as a Administrative Support Assistant for Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations within Cea. Valerie earned $94,668 in 2018.
Administrative Support Assistant/Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations
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At Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations, Kellie Nichols serves as a Administrative Support Assistant within Cea. Their 2025 pay totaled $92,703.
Administrative Support Assistant/Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations
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At Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations, Damita Simpson serves as a Administrative Support Assistant within Cea. Their 2017 pay totaled $86,725.
Administrative Support Assistant/Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations
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Dawn Hunt holds the role of Administrative Support Assistant at Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations within Cea. In 2025, their total compensation was $84,506.
Administrative Support Assistant/Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations
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Alexandra Demoleas holds the role of Administrative Support Assistant at Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations within Cea. In 2024, their total compensation was $77,685.
Administrative Support Assistant/Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations
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Trina Justice works as a Administrative Support Assistant for Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations within Cea. Trina earned $74,218 in 2024.
Administrative Support Assistant/Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations
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Angela Nua works as a Administrative Support Assistant for Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations within Cea. Angela earned $70,536 in 2021.
Administrative Support Assistant/Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations
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Maureen Walsh works as a Administrative Support Assistant for Department of Public Safety - Detention and Correction Operations within Cea. Maureen earned $10,058 in 2017.