Georgia / Georgia State University / Office/Clerical Assistant

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Office/Clerical Assistant

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

269 employees hold this title in Georgia State University. Median total compensation for the role is $39,664, above the department median of $14,228.

Employees: 269
Total payroll: $9.4M
Role median: $39,664
Agency median: $14,228
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$212$63,817+

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

How total compensation varies among the 269 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 State University pays a median base salary of $42,878 for this role, 6% above that figure — about the 57th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Georgia State University sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$27,770

$34,460

$40,590

$48,680

$58,510

Georgia State University median · $42,878

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 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 State University’s median base salary is 5% below that national figure, about the 44th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$30,310

$36,350

$45,010

$54,300

$64,680

Georgia State University median · $42,878

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 201 of 269 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 State University is $39,664, 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 State University, the median of $39,664 ranks #7 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

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

Georgia Southwestern State University

$38,689 · 30

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.

Record list