Georgia / Defense, Department Of / Administrative Assistant 2

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Administrative Assistant 2

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

6 employees hold this title in Defense, Department Of. Median total compensation for the role is $40,030, above the department median of $1,508.

Employees: 6
Total payroll: $242.3K
Role median: $40,030
Agency median: $1,508
Comparison: Above

Compared with the local labor market

Administrative Assistant 2 pay vs. Georgia

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. Defense, Department Of pays a median base salary of $41,413 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 50th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Defense, Department Of sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$26,330

$32,130

$41,600

$52,090

$62,090

Defense, Department Of median · $41,413

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 Defense, Department Of’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. Defense, Department Of’s median base salary is 13% below that national figure, about the 32nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$33,280

$38,830

$47,540

$58,000

$66,350

Defense, Department Of median · $41,413

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 12 of 17 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 Defense, Department Of is $36,452, 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

This role across Georgia

Administrative Assistant 2 is held in 32 Georgia departments. In Defense, Department Of, the median of $40,030 ranks #23 of 32.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Education, Department Of

$57,667 · 5

Building Authority, Georgia

$53,000 · 1

Labor, Department Of

$51,064 · 4

Veterans Service, Department Of

$50,987 · 2

Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency

$49,946 · 13

Employees' Retirement System of Georgia

$49,301 · 2

Insurance, Department Of

$49,120 · 3

Community Affairs, Department Of

$48,486 · 2

Public Defender Council, Georgia

$46,895 · 88

Community Supervision, Department Of

$46,203 · 14

Governor, Office of The

$45,410 · 4

Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of

$44,520 · 45

Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant 2 role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Administrative Assistant beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $41,276 ranks #6 of 7. See Administrative Assistant across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Illinois

$65,600 · 365

New York Public Authorities

$59,319 · 69

City of Buffalo

$55,839 · 15

Ramsey County, Minnesota

$55,166 · 236

Tennessee

$53,866 · 214

Cook County, Illinois

$13,947 · 573

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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