Tennessee / Safety / Administrative Secretary
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
8 employees hold this title in Safety. Median total compensation for the role is $46,241, below the department median of $75,048.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 8 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. Safety pays a median base salary of $45,664 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 50th 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 4% below that national figure, about the 45th 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 $46,241, 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 Secretary is held in 14 Tennessee departments. In Safety, the median of $46,241 ranks #10 of 14.
Median total compensation for the Administrative 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 4 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $47,251 ranks #4 of 4. See Administrative Secretary across all of Tennessee →
Median total compensation for comparable Administrative 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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Administrative Secretary/Safety
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Lisa Musgrave works as a Administrative Secretary for Safety within Handgun Permits. Their status is full-time. Lisa earned $50,175 in 2026.
Administrative Secretary/Safety
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At Safety, Julia Westbrook serves as a Administrative Secretary within Motor Carrier Grant. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $49,455.
Administrative Secretary/Safety
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Yong Kim holds the role of Administrative Secretary at Safety within Financial Responsibility. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $48,738.
Administrative Secretary/Safety
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Melissa Feldser is a Administrative Secretary at Safety within Handgun Permits. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $48,073.
Administrative Secretary/Safety
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Linda Boatwright holds the role of Administrative Secretary at Safety within Legal Division. Their status is part-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $44,408.
Administrative Secretary/Safety
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At Safety, Alice Clarke serves as a Administrative Secretary within Legal Division. They work part-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $44,408.
Administrative Secretary/Safety
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Betty Winton is a Administrative Secretary at Safety within Legal Division. They work part-time. 2026 total compensation came to $44,408.
Administrative Secretary/Safety
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Sheri Manners is a Administrative Secretary at Safety within Financial Responsibility. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $43,656.