Tennessee / Safety / Administrative Assistant 1
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
7 employees hold this title in Safety. Median total compensation for the role is $49,668, below the department median of $75,048.
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. Safety pays a median base salary of $52,668 for this role, 15% above that figure — about the 71st 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 Safety’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. Safety’s median base salary is 11% above that national figure, about the 62nd 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 Safety is $53,064, 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 Safety, the median of $49,668 ranks #12 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/Safety
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Mary Thompson works as a Administrative Assistant 1 for Safety within Homeland Security. Their status is full-time. Mary earned $53,962 in 2026.
Administrative Assistant 1/Safety
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At Safety, Tammie Brown-Matthews serves as a Administrative Assistant 1 within Driver License District 4. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $53,064.
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Carollyn Smith works as a Administrative Assistant 1 for Safety within Driver License District 5. Their status is full-time. Carollyn earned $51,372 in 2026.
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Karen Robertson is a Administrative Assistant 1 at Safety within Driver License District 7. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $49,668.
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Joyce Alexander holds the role of Administrative Assistant 1 at Safety within Driver License District 1. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $49,668.
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Penny Benderman works as a Administrative Assistant 1 for Safety within Driver License District 7. Their status is full-time. Penny earned $45,852 in 2026.
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Maria Butler works as a Administrative Assistant 1 for Safety within Driver License District 6. Their status is full-time. Maria earned $45,476 in 2026.