Georgia / Public Defender Council, Georgia / Administrative Assistant 2
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
88 employees hold this title in Public Defender Council, Georgia. Median total compensation for the role is $46,895, below the department median of $62,540.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 88 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
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. Public Defender Council, Georgia pays a median base salary of $46,677 for this role, 12% above that figure — about the 62nd 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 Public Defender Council, Georgia’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 Defender Council, Georgia’s median base salary is 2% below that national figure, about the 48th 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 152 of 172 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 Public Defender Council, Georgia is $44,553, 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
Administrative Assistant 2 is held in 32 Georgia departments. In Public Defender Council, Georgia, the median of $46,895 ranks #9 of 32.
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
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 →
Median total compensation for comparable 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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Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
Gabrielle North works as a Administrative Assistant 2 for Public Defender Council, Georgia. Gabrielle earned $48,500 in 2025.
Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
Shanell Harris holds the role of Administrative Assistant 2 at Public Defender Council, Georgia. In 2025, their total compensation was $48,352.
Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
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Chelsea King holds the role of Administrative Assistant 2 at Public Defender Council, Georgia. In 2025, their total compensation was $48,160.
Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
Leslie Graddick holds the role of Administrative Assistant 2 at Public Defender Council, Georgia. In 2025, their total compensation was $48,006.
Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
Beth Norris works as a Administrative Assistant 2 for Public Defender Council, Georgia. Beth earned $47,591 in 2025.
Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
At Public Defender Council, Georgia, Jacqueline Harris serves as a Administrative Assistant 2. Their 2025 pay totaled $47,395.
Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
At Public Defender Council, Georgia, Dana Ewing serves as a Administrative Assistant 2. Their 2025 pay totaled $46,908.
Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
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At Public Defender Council, Georgia, Natasha Adams serves as a Administrative Assistant 2. Their 2025 pay totaled $46,882.
Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
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At Public Defender Council, Georgia, Wendy Powlas serves as a Administrative Assistant 2. Their 2025 pay totaled $46,863.
Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
At Public Defender Council, Georgia, Samuel Sawyer serves as a Administrative Assistant 2. Their 2025 pay totaled $46,833.
Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
Samantha Hines is a Administrative Assistant 2 at Public Defender Council, Georgia. 2025 total compensation came to $46,788.
Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
Christine Herndon works as a Administrative Assistant 2 for Public Defender Council, Georgia. Christine earned $46,788 in 2025.
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Susan Watson works as a Administrative Assistant 2 for Public Defender Council, Georgia. Susan earned $46,788 in 2025.
Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
Melanie Sekula holds the role of Administrative Assistant 2 at Public Defender Council, Georgia. In 2025, their total compensation was $46,616.
Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
Linda Mote is a Administrative Assistant 2 at Public Defender Council, Georgia. 2025 total compensation came to $46,100.
Administrative Assistant 2/Public Defender Council, Georgia
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Sheyrl Stanley works as a Administrative Assistant 2 for Public Defender Council, Georgia. Sheyrl earned $45,803 in 2025.