Administrative Assistant

Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 30,180 people — is $44,880. School for the Deaf and Blind pays a median base salary of $53,866 for this role, 20% above that figure — about the 77th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at School for the Deaf and Blind is $53,866, 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.

Administrative Assistant is held in 41 South Carolina departments. In School for the Deaf and Blind, the median of $53,866 ranks #15 of 41.

This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $53,011 ranks #17 of 31. See Administrative Assistant across all of South Carolina →