Georgia / Georgia Southwestern State University / Office/Clerical Assistant

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Office/Clerical Assistant

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

30 employees hold this title in Georgia Southwestern State University. Median total compensation for the role is $38,689, above the department median of $9,000.

Employees: 30
Total payroll: $1.1M
Role median: $38,689
Agency median: $9,000
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$2,855$56,399+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 30 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Office/Clerical Assistant pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 75,390 people — is $40,590. Georgia Southwestern State University pays a median base salary of $39,191 for this role, 3% below that figure — about the 44th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Georgia Southwestern State University sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$27,770

$34,460

$40,590

$48,680

$58,510

Georgia Southwestern State University median · $39,191

The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Georgia Southwestern State University’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 2,464,940 people — is $45,010. Georgia Southwestern State University’s median base salary is 13% below that national figure, about the 33rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$30,310

$36,350

$45,010

$54,300

$64,680

Georgia Southwestern State University median · $39,191

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 26 of 30 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Georgia Southwestern State University is $38,689, 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

Office/Clerical Assistant is held in 28 Georgia departments. In Georgia Southwestern State University, the median of $38,689 ranks #13 of 28.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Atlanta Metropolitan State College

$47,272 · 9

Georgia Institute of Technology

$42,255 · 104

University of North Georgia

$42,191 · 107

University of West Georgia

$40,242 · 41

College of Coastal Georgia

$40,019 · 31

Georgia Southern University

$39,914 · 250

Georgia State University

$39,664 · 269

Middle Georgia State University

$39,592 · 48

University of Georgia

$39,492 · 541

Valdosta State University

$39,368 · 44

Columbus State University

$39,339 · 18

Georgia College and State University

$39,173 · 53

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

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