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Los Angeles County / Management Assistant

Role across Los Angeles County

Management Assistant

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

99 people hold the Management Assistant role across 21 departments in Los Angeles County, with a median total compensation of $117,199. Among 7 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Los Angeles County ranks #3 by median pay.

Employees
99
Median pay
$117,199
Departments
21
Cross-jurisdiction
#3 of 7

Compared with the local labor market

Management Assistant 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 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 20,850 people — is $82,850. Los Angeles County pays a median base salary of $67,627 for this role, 18% below that figureabout the 24th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Los Angeles County sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$58,430
$68,000
$82,850
$100,850
$122,200
Los Angeles County median · $67,627

The bar is the range of annual wages for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 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 Los Angeles County’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 459,910 people — is $76,590. Los Angeles County’s median base salary is 12% below that national figure, about the 35th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$50,560
$61,390
$76,590
$94,390
$109,850
Los Angeles County median · $67,627

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 94 of 99 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 Los Angeles County is $117,199, 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 jurisdictions

Management Assistant pay in other jurisdictions

Where Management Assistants are paid most

Arkansas
$91,500 · 9
City of Los Angeles
$79,246 · 302
New Jersey
$64,186 · 40

Median total compensation for comparable Management Assistantroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.

Within Los Angeles County

Departments with this role

Largest Los Angeles County departments for this role

Public Health
25 · $104,908
Health Services
15 · $118,883
District Attorney
7 · $123,559
Public Defender
2 · $124,321
County Counsel
2 · $121,598
Beaches & Harbors
2 · $120,811
Assessor
2 · $120,582

Departments in Los Angeles Countyemploying the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.