Louisville Metro, Kentucky / Metro Council / Administrative Assistant
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
1 employee holds this title in Metro Council. Median total compensation for the role is $40,184, above the department median of $26,865.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN area, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 4,770 people — is $47,090. Metro Council pays a median base salary of $40,090 for this role, 15% below that figure — about the 25th 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Metro Council’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. Metro Council’s median base salary is 16% below that national figure, about the 29th 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Metro Council is $40,184, 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 is held in 17 Louisville Metro, Kentucky departments. In Metro Council, the median of $40,184 ranks #3 of 17.
Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant role in other Louisville Metro, Kentuckydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In Louisville Metro, Kentucky, the median of $22,973 ranks #27 of 31. See Administrative Assistant across all of Louisville Metro, Kentucky →
Median total compensation for comparable Administrative Assistant 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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Brian Powell holds the role of Administrative Assistant at Metro Council. In 2026, their total compensation was $40,184.