Tennessee / Mental Health / Secretary
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
4 employees hold this title in Mental Health. Median total compensation for the role is $44,574, below the department median of $52,260.
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. Mental Health pays a median base salary of $44,574 for this role, 3% below that figure — about the 46th 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 Mental Health’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. Mental Health’s median base salary is 6% below that national figure, about the 41st 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 Mental Health is $44,574, 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 Mental Health, the median of $44,574 ranks #1 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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Secretary/Mental Health
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Debra Randall holds the role of Secretary at Mental Health within Building Maintenance. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $50,394.
Secretary/Mental Health
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At Mental Health, Patricia Qualls serves as a Secretary within Telephone. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $46,200.
Secretary/Mental Health
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Lorena Brandon is a Secretary at Mental Health within Escort Service. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $42,948.
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Julia Jardine is a Secretary at Mental Health within Procurement Office. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $39,804.