Tennessee / Environment and Conservation / Administrative Assistant 1
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
63 employees hold this title in Environment and Conservation. Median total compensation for the role is $52,200, above the department median of $42,917.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 63 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.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Tennessee, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 34,580 people — is $45,810. Environment and Conservation pays a median base salary of $52,206 for this role, 14% above that figure — about the 70th 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 Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Environment and Conservation’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. Environment and Conservation’s median base salary is 10% above that national figure, about the 61st 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 Tennessee range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Environment and Conservation is $52,206, 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
Administrative Assistant 1 is held in 16 Tennessee departments. In Environment and Conservation, the median of $52,200 ranks #9 of 16.
Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant 1 role in other Tennesseedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $53,866 ranks #5 of 7. See Administrative Assistant across all of Tennessee →
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
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Administrative Assistant 1/Environment and Conservation
Source-specific fields
At Environment and Conservation, Timothy Plunk serves as a Administrative Assistant 1 within Meeman Shelby. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $45,495.
Administrative Assistant 1/Environment and Conservation
Source-specific fields
At Environment and Conservation, Marina Johnson serves as a Administrative Assistant 1 within Head of the Crow State Park. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $45,300.