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Administrative Assistant

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

22 employees hold this title in Legislative. Median total compensation for the role is $17,120, above the department median of $8,761.

Employees
22
Total payroll
$460.5K
Role median
$17,120
Agency median
$8,761
Comparison
Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$5,634$65,610+

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

How total compensation varies among the 22 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.

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This role across Rhode Island

Administrative Assistant is held in 16 Rhode Island departments. In Legislative, the median of $17,120 ranks #12 of 16.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Board of Elections
$67,954 · 1
Public Utilities
$54,276 · 1
Attorney General
$54,114 · 1
Secretary of State
$36,277 · 6
Public Safety
$21,019 · 7
Administration
$19,986 · 2
Judicial
$19,373 · 5
Education
$18,201 · 1
Public Defender
$15,066 · 2

Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant role in other Rhode Islanddepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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Administrative Assistant beyond Rhode Island

This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In Rhode Island, the median of $18,230 ranks #28 of 31. See Administrative Assistant across all of Rhode Island

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Los Angeles County
$142,353 · 378
City of San Jose
$126,642 · 11
City of Boston
$77,773 · 26
Illinois
$74,800 · 528
New York City
$73,085 · 105
California
$71,808 · 287

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

Employees with this title

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Melanie Lanni

Administrative Assistant/Legislative

2026 total comp
$9,552
Base pay
$9,552
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$9,552

Source-specific fields

Annual Pay
$68,984
Middle Initial
A
Total Pay
$9,552

Melanie Lanni is a Administrative Assistant at Legislative. 2026 total compensation came to $9,552.