Project Assistant

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

24 people hold the Project Assistant role across 14 departments in School District of Philadelphia, with a median total compensation of $52,028. Among 5 jurisdictions where this role is reported, School District of Philadelphia ranks #2 by median pay.

Employees: 24
Median pay: $52,028
Departments: 14
Cross-jurisdiction: #2 of 5

Compared with the local labor market

Project Assistant pay vs. the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area

Across all employers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, the median wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 7,150 people — is $79,490. School District of Philadelphia pays a median base salary of $52,028 for this role, 35% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where School District of Philadelphia sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$57,480

$67,380

$79,490

$93,830

$102,690

School District of Philadelphia median · $52,028

The bar is the range of annual wages for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants across every employer in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows School District of Philadelphia’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. School District of Philadelphia’s median base salary is 32% below that national figure, about the 12th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$50,560

$61,390

$76,590

$94,390

$109,850

School District of Philadelphia median · $52,028

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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at School District of Philadelphia is $52,028, 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

Project Assistant pay in other jurisdictions

Where Project Assistants are paid most

District of Columbia

$61,604 · 8

New York Public Authorities

$37,900 · 9

Georgia

$36,192 · 37

City of Los Angeles

$28,126 · 151

Median total compensation for comparable Project 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 School District of Philadelphia