Georgia / Administrative Assistant

Role across Georgia

Administrative Assistant

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

386 people hold the Administrative Assistant role across 36 departments in Georgia, with a median total compensation of $38,459. Among 31 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Georgia ranks #25 by median pay.

Employees: 386
Median pay: $38,459
Departments: 36
Cross-jurisdiction: #25 of 31

Compared with the local labor market

Administrative Assistant 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. Georgia pays a median base salary of $43,000 for this role, 3% above that figure — about the 53rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Georgia sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$26,330

$32,130

$41,600

$52,090

$62,090

Georgia median · $43,000

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 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. Georgia’s median base salary is 10% below that national figure, about the 37th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$33,280

$38,830

$47,540

$58,000

$66,350

Georgia median · $43,000

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 268 of 386 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 is $38,459, 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 jurisdictions

Administrative Assistant pay in other jurisdictions

Where Administrative Assistants are paid most

Los Angeles County

$142,353 · 378

City of San Jose

$126,642 · 11

City of Boston

$77,773 · 26

Chicago Public Schools

$76,425 · 9

$74,800 · 528

$73,085 · 105

$72,721 · 27

$71,808 · 287

$70,716 · 112

$68,256 · 178

$66,378 · 247

$64,792 · 37

$62,078 · 30

$59,897 · 25

$57,590 · 77

$55,004 · 6

$53,011 · 186

New York Public Authorities

$50,391 · 317

Utah

$50,113 · 135

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

$47,077 · 79

Median total compensation for comparable Administrative Assistantroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.

Within Georgia