Tennessee / Human Services / Administrative Assistant 2
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
6 employees hold this title in Human Services. Median total compensation for the role is $63,923, above the department median of $50,886.
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. Human Services pays a median base salary of $56,796 for this role, 24% above that figure — about the 80th 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 Human Services’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. Human Services’s median base salary is 19% above that national figure, about the 72nd 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 Human Services is $56,796, 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 2 is held in 9 Tennessee departments. In Human Services, the median of $63,923 ranks #1 of 9.
Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant 2 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 Assistant 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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Administrative Assistant 2/Human Services
Source-specific fields
At Human Services, Janice Brown serves as a Administrative Assistant 2 within Field Staff Management and Support. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $68,986.
Administrative Assistant 2/Human Services
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Kathy Vaughn holds the role of Administrative Assistant 2 at Human Services within Child Support Field Operations. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $66,962.
Administrative Assistant 2/Human Services
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Sonia West Rowson works as a Administrative Assistant 2 for Human Services within Fa Director of Operations. Their status is full-time. Sonia earned $66,718 in 2026.
Administrative Assistant 2/Human Services
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Sheila Herren works as a Administrative Assistant 2 for Human Services within Child Support Re-Entry Unit. Their status is full-time. Sheila earned $61,128 in 2026.
Administrative Assistant 2/Human Services
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At Human Services, Latessa Johnson serves as a Administrative Assistant 2 within Child Support Re-Entry Unit. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $56,796.
Administrative Assistant 2/Human Services
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Jeri Smith works as a Administrative Assistant 2 for Human Services within Director of Audit Services. Their status is full-time. Jeri earned $54,312 in 2026.