Georgia / City of Pelham Board of Education / Secretary
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
5 employees hold this title in City of Pelham Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $35,465, above the department median of $35,465.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 44,430 people — is $41,600. City of Pelham Board of Education pays a median base salary of $35,465 for this role, 15% below that figure — about the 34th 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 Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows City of Pelham Board of Education’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. City of Pelham Board of Education’s median base salary is 25% below that national figure, about the 16th 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 Georgia range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 3 of 5 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 City of Pelham Board of Education is $35,465, 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
Secretary is held in 140 Georgia departments. In City of Pelham Board of Education, the median of $35,465 ranks #53 of 140.
Median total compensation for the Secretary role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 27 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $35,508 ranks #21 of 27. See Secretary across all of Georgia →
Median total compensation for comparable Secretary 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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Record list
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Secretary/City of Pelham Board of Education
Lisa Cumbess holds the role of Secretary at City of Pelham Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $35,465.
Secretary/City of Pelham Board of Education
Dale Itson is a Secretary at City of Pelham Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $35,465.
Secretary/City of Pelham Board of Education
Sandra Jenkins is a Secretary at City of Pelham Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $35,465.
Secretary/City of Pelham Board of Education
Amy Rieden holds the role of Secretary at City of Pelham Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $18,501.
Secretary/City of Pelham Board of Education
Jean Jones works as a Secretary for City of Pelham Board of Education. Jean earned $13,569 in 2025.