City of Rockford / Public Works / Senior Administrative Assistant
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
1 employees hold this title in Public Works. Median total compensation for the role is $60,730, below the department median of $64,596.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Rockford, IL area, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 1,360 people — is $46,130. Public Works pays a median base salary of $60,730 for this role, 32% above that figure — about the 80th 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 Rockford, IL area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Works’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. Public Works’s median base salary is 28% above that national figure, about the 80th 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 Rockford, IL range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works is $60,730, 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
Senior Administrative Assistant is held in 7 City of Rockford departments. In Public Works, the median of $60,730 ranks #7 of 7.
Median total compensation for the Senior Administrative Assistant role in other City of Rockforddepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In City of Rockford, the median of $63,958 ranks #2 of 2. See Senior Administrative Assistant across all of City of Rockford →
Median total compensation for comparable Senior Administrative Assistantroles 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
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Senior Administrative Assistant/Public Works
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Sandy Ramirez is a Senior Administrative Assistant at Public Works. 2025 total compensation came to $60,730.