Los Angeles County / Public Works Department / Administrative Assistant III
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
21 employees hold this title in Public Works Department. Median total compensation for the role is $154,751, above the department median of $147,401.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 21 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 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. Public Works Department pays a median base salary of $81,484 for this role, 52% above that figure — above the 90th 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Works Department’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. Public Works Department’s median base salary is 71% above that national figure, above the 90th 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 46 of 47 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Public Works Department is $136,007, 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 Assistant III is held in 24 Los Angeles County departments. In Public Works Department, the median of $154,751 ranks #10 of 24.
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
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 →
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.
Record list
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Administrative Assistant III/Public Works Department
At Public Works Department, Betty Chang serves as a Administrative Assistant III. Their 2025 pay totaled $167,359.
Administrative Assistant III/Public Works Department
At Public Works Department, Elvia Hernandez serves as a Administrative Assistant III. Their 2025 pay totaled $165,172.
Administrative Assistant III/Public Works Department
Patricia Murillo works as a Administrative Assistant III for Public Works Department. Patricia earned $164,877 in 2025.
Administrative Assistant III/Public Works Department
Juan Parra is a Administrative Assistant III at Public Works Department. 2025 total compensation came to $164,248.
Administrative Assistant III/Public Works Department
Robert Gresham is a Administrative Assistant III at Public Works Department. 2025 total compensation came to $162,369.
Administrative Assistant III/Public Works Department
Selena Loke Soo is a Administrative Assistant III at Public Works Department. 2025 total compensation came to $161,597.