South Carolina / Administrative Assistant
Role across South Carolina
Administrative Assistant
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
186 people hold the Administrative Assistant role across 41 departments in South Carolina, with a median total compensation of $53,011. Among 31 jurisdictions where this role is reported, South Carolina ranks #17 by median pay.
- Employees
- 186
- Median pay
- $53,011
- Departments
- 41
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #17 of 31
Compared with the local labor market
Administrative Assistant pay vs. South Carolina
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. South Carolina pays a median base salary of $53,011 for this role, 18% above that figure — about the 76th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where South Carolina sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive across every employer in South Carolina, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows South Carolina’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. South Carolina’s median base salary is 12% above that national figure, about the 63rd 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 South Carolina range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at South Carolina is $53,011, 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
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 South Carolina
Departments with this role
Largest South Carolina departments for this role
Departments in South Carolinaemploying the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.