Los Angeles County / County Counsel / Administrative Assistant III

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Administrative Assistant III

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

5 employees hold this title in County Counsel. Median total compensation for the role is $149,126, below the department median of $245,993.

Employees: 5
Total payroll: $749.6K
Role median: $149,126
Agency median: $245,993
Comparison: Below

Compared with the local labor market

Administrative Assistant 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. County Counsel pays a median base salary of $96,806 for this role, 81% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where County Counsel sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$36,420

$44,720

$53,550

$64,290

$76,510

County Counsel median · $96,806

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 County Counsel’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. County Counsel’s median base salary is 104% 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

County Counsel median · $96,806

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 County Counsel is $149,126, 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

Administrative Assistant III is held in 24 Los Angeles County departments. In County Counsel, the median of $149,126 ranks #15 of 24.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Child Support Services

$165,480 · 5

Health Services

$161,491 · 8

District Attorney

$161,363 · 4

Health Services - Integrated Correctional Health Services

$157,754 · 2

$157,725 · 13

$157,177 · 3

$156,457 · 21

$156,261 · 3

Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk

$154,831 · 10

Public Works Department

$154,751 · 21

Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

$153,873 · 3

Internal Services Department

$153,657 · 11

Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant III role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Administrative Assistant beyond Los Angeles County

This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $142,353 ranks #1 of 31. See Administrative Assistant across all of Los Angeles County →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City of San Jose

$126,642 · 11

City of Boston

$77,773 · 26

Chicago Public Schools

$76,425 · 9

$74,800 · 528

$73,085 · 105

$72,721 · 27

$71,808 · 287

$70,716 · 112

Median total compensation for comparable Administrative Assistant 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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