Los Angeles County / Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk / Senior Secretary II

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Senior Secretary II

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

7 employees hold this title in Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk. Median total compensation for the role is $130,855, above the department median of $49,181.

Employees: 7
Total payroll: $886.5K
Role median: $130,855
Agency median: $49,181
Comparison: Above

Compared with the local labor market

Senior Secretary II 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. Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk pays a median base salary of $76,303 for this role, 42% above that figure — about the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$36,420

$44,720

$53,550

$64,290

$76,510

Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk median · $76,303

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 Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk’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. Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk’s median base salary is 61% 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

Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk median · $76,303

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 Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk is $130,855, 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

Senior Secretary II is held in 20 Los Angeles County departments. In Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk, the median of $130,855 ranks #8 of 20.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

$141,756 · 1

District Attorney

$141,706 · 1

Beaches & Harbors

$136,014 · 3

Public Health

$135,108 · 5

Public Social Services Department

$134,593 · 37

La County Library

$134,283 · 3

Ambulatory Care Network

$132,629 · 2

Children & Family Services

$130,279 · 4

Animal Care and Control

$129,461 · 1

Economic Opportunity

$128,921 · 1

Probation Department

$128,727 · 2

Fire Department

$126,185 · 4

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

Compare jurisdictions

Senior Secretary beyond Los Angeles County

This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $139,704 ranks #1 of 5. See Senior Secretary across all of Los Angeles County →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Johnson County, Kansas

$58,763 · 6

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

$41,193 · 12

City of Salt Lake City

$41,007 · 23

New York Public Authorities

$37,893 · 36

Median total compensation for comparable Senior 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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