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City of Rockford / Community Development / Administrative Assistant

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Administrative Assistant

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

2 employees hold this title in Community Development. Median total compensation for the role is $52,856, below the department median of $69,867.

Employees
2
Total payroll
$105.7K
Role median
$52,856
Agency median
$69,867
Comparison
Below

Compared with the local labor market

Administrative Assistant pay vs. the Rockford, IL area

Across all employers in the Rockford, IL area, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executiveabout 1,360 people is $46,130. Community Development pays a median base salary of $52,044 for this role, 13% above that figureabout the 64th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Community Development sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$35,040
$38,980
$46,130
$56,840
$68,140
Community Development median · $52,044

The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive across every employer in the Rockford, IL area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Community Development’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 Executiveabout 1,706,790 people is $47,540. Community Development’s median base salary is 9% above that national figure, about the 61st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$33,280
$38,830
$47,540
$58,000
$66,350
Community Development median · $52,044

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 Rockford, IL range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Community Development is $52,856, 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

Administrative Assistant beyond City of Rockford

This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. See Administrative Assistant across all of City of Rockford

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Los Angeles County
$142,353 · 378
City of San Jose
$126,642 · 11
City of Boston
$77,773 · 26
Illinois
$74,800 · 528
New York City
$73,085 · 105
California
$71,808 · 287

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.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Traci Madison

Administrative Assistant/Community Development

2025 total comp
$57,179
Base pay
$55,565
Overtime
$1,614
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$57,179

Source-specific fields

Health Ins
18510
Imrf Fica Med
9604
Life Ins
110
Parking
752
Unemp
53
Workers' Compensation
$176
Y2026 Grand Total
92179
Y2026 Salary
$62,974

Traci Madison works as a Administrative Assistant for Community Development. Traci earned $57,179 in 2025.

Rebecca Sarker

Administrative Assistant/Community Development

2025 total comp
$48,532
Base pay
$48,523
Overtime
$9
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$48,532

Source-specific fields

Health Ins
18510
Imrf Fica Med
8398
Life Ins
110
Parking
752
Unemp
53
Workers' Compensation
$154
Y2026 Grand Total
83047
Y2026 Salary
$55,070

Rebecca Sarker holds the role of Administrative Assistant at Community Development. In 2025, their total compensation was $48,532.