Maine / Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry / Secretary
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
1 employee holds this title in Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry. Median total compensation for the role is $65,585, above the department median of $47,012.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 6,740 people — is $49,820. Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry pays a median base salary of $49,544 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 49th 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 Maine, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry’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. Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry’s median base salary is 4% above that national figure, about the 55th 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 Maine range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry is $65,585, 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
Secretary is held in 7 Maine departments. In Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry, the median of $65,585 ranks #3 of 7.
Median total compensation for the Secretary role in other Mainedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 27 jurisdictions. In Maine, the median of $48,118 ranks #13 of 27. See Secretary across all of Maine →
Median total compensation for comparable Secretary 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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Record list
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Secretary/Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry
Source-specific fields
Elisabeth Altshuler holds the role of Secretary at Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry. In 2024, their total compensation was $65,585.