Tennessee / Human Services / Secretary
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
12 employees hold this title in Human Services. Median total compensation for the role is $43,917, below the department median of $50,886.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 12 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. Human Services pays a median base salary of $43,050 for this role, 6% below that figure — about the 42nd 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 9% below that national figure, about the 37th 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 $43,917, 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
Secretary is held in 10 Tennessee departments. In Human Services, the median of $43,917 ranks #2 of 10.
Median total compensation for the Secretary role in other Tennesseedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 27 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $42,257 ranks #16 of 27. See Secretary across all of Tennessee →
Median total compensation for comparable Secretary 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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Record list
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Sandra Kenton holds the role of Secretary at Human Services within Trc Smyrna Administrative Services. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $49,476.
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Billie Watkins is a Secretary at Human Services within Investigations. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $48,945.
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At Human Services, Gloria Bradford-Olds serves as a Secretary within Investigations. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $48,650.
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At Human Services, Leilani Cramer serves as a Secretary within Trc Smyrna Administrative Services. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $46,560.
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Michael Knight holds the role of Secretary at Human Services within Investigations. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $44,888.
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At Human Services, Sherri Porter serves as a Secretary within Trc Smyrna Administrative Services. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $44,827.
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Megan Howell works as a Secretary for Human Services within Investigations. Their status is full-time. Megan earned $43,007 in 2026.
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Shelby Locke is a Secretary at Human Services within Investigations. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $42,324.
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At Human Services, Carolyn Fox serves as a Secretary within Trc Smyrna Administrative Services. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $41,460.
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At Human Services, Mae Jones serves as a Secretary within Office Services. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $40,476.
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Alexis Farrow holds the role of Secretary at Human Services within Child Support Field Operations. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $37,056.
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At Human Services, Alana Fitzgerald serves as a Secretary within Trc Smyrna Administrative Services. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $35,448.