Los Angeles County / Health Services - Integrated Correctional Health Services / Administrative Assistant I

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Administrative Assistant I

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

6 employees hold this title in Health Services - Integrated Correctional Health Services. Median total compensation for the role is $96,177, below the department median of $167,418.

Employees: 6
Total payroll: $602.8K
Role median: $96,177
Agency median: $167,418
Comparison: Below

Compared with the local labor market

Administrative Assistant I 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. Health Services - Integrated Correctional Health Services pays a median base salary of $62,840 for this role, 17% above that figure — about the 72nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Health Services - Integrated Correctional Health Services sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$36,420

$44,720

$53,550

$64,290

$76,510

Health Services - Integrated Correctional Health Services median · $62,840

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 Health Services - Integrated Correctional Health Services’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. Health Services - Integrated Correctional Health Services’s median base salary is 32% above that national figure, about the 84th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

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25th

Median

75th

90th

$33,280

$38,830

$47,540

$58,000

$66,350

Health Services - Integrated Correctional Health Services median · $62,840

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 Health Services - Integrated Correctional Health Services is $106,830, 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 I is held in 14 Los Angeles County departments. In Health Services - Integrated Correctional Health Services, the median of $96,177 ranks #11 of 14.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Fire Department

$120,710 · 2

Internal Services Department

$118,942 · 3

Los Angeles General Medical Center

$115,661 · 2

Animal Care and Control

$108,150 · 1

Children & Family Services

$107,347 · 3

Public Health

$107,216 · 2

Treasurer & Tax Collector

$106,379 · 1

District Attorney

$102,784 · 2

Public Works Department

$102,662 · 6

Mental Health

$97,945 · 4

Health Services

$91,162 · 2

Agricultural Comm/Wts & Measures

$88,706 · 1

Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant I 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 Assistantroles 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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