Los Angeles County / Treasurer & Tax Collector / Secretary III

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Secretary III

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

7 employees hold this title in Treasurer & Tax Collector. Median total compensation for the role is $117,172, below the department median of $122,722.

Employees: 7
Total payroll: $825.4K
Role median: $117,172
Agency median: $122,722
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. Treasurer & Tax Collector pays a median base salary of $66,865 for this role, 25% above that figure — about the 78th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Treasurer & Tax Collector sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$36,420

$44,720

$53,550

$64,290

$76,510

Treasurer & Tax Collector median · $66,865

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 Treasurer & Tax Collector’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. Treasurer & Tax Collector’s median base salary is 41% 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

Treasurer & Tax Collector median · $66,865

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 Treasurer & Tax Collector is $117,172, 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.

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This role across Los Angeles County

Secretary III is held in 22 Los Angeles County departments. In Treasurer & Tax Collector, the median of $117,172 ranks #6 of 22.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Human Resources Department

$124,064 · 1

Health Services

$120,625 · 8

Probation Department

$119,909 · 34

Mental Health

$117,851 · 50

Public Social Services Department

$117,381 · 4

Children & Family Services

$117,167 · 163

Internal Services Department

$115,975 · 25

Harbor-Ucla Medical Center

$115,451 · 8

Public Health

$115,243 · 21

Olive View-Ucla Medical Center

$115,094 · 9

Fire Department

$115,015 · 25

Public Works Department

$113,494 · 30

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

City and County of San Francisco

$135,666 · 63

City of Los Angeles

$105,342 · 115

District of Columbia

$70,919 · 9

Ramsey County, Minnesota

$69,267 · 5

U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

$64,214 · 3,216

New York Public Authorities

$61,133 · 122

Johnson County, Kansas

$58,378 · 7

Vermont

$55,286 · 17

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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