Emebet Melesse
Secretary III/Assessor
2025 total comp
$109,350
- Base pay
- $66,370
- Overtime
- $0
- Other pay
- $7,381
- Benefits
- $35,599
- Total compensation
- $109,350
At Assessor, Emebet Melesse serves as a Secretary III. Their 2025 pay totaled $109,350.
Los Angeles County / Assessor / Secretary III
Job-title file
Secretary III
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
1 employees hold this title in Assessor. Median total compensation for the role is $109,350, below the department median of $137,031.
- Employees
- 1
- Total payroll
- $109.4K
- Role median
- $109,350
- Agency median
- $137,031
- Comparison
- Below
Compared with the local labor market
Secretary III pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 58,800 people — is $53,550. Assessor pays a median base salary of $66,370 for this role, 24% above that figure — about the 78th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Assessor sits in the local pay range
10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$36,420
$44,720
$53,550
$64,290
$76,510
Assessor median · $66,370
The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Assessor’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. Assessor’s median base salary is 40% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$33,280
$38,830
$47,540
$58,000
$66,350
Assessor median · $66,370
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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Assessor is $109,350, 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
This role across Los Angeles County
Secretary III is held in 22 Los Angeles County departments. In Assessor, the median of $109,350 ranks #16 of 22.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Secretary III role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Secretary beyond Los Angeles County
This role is reported in 27 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $114,909 ranks #2 of 27. See Secretary across all of Los Angeles County →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
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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