Tennessee / Safety / Secretary
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
3 employees hold this title in Safety. Median total compensation for the role is $39,576, 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 $39,576 for this role, 14% below that figure — about the 32nd 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 17% below that national figure, about the 27th 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 $39,576, 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 Safety, the median of $39,576 ranks #8 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/Safety
Source-specific fields
Lori Stroud works as a Secretary for Safety within Financial Responsibility. Their status is full-time. Lori earned $50,237 in 2026.
Secretary/Safety
Source-specific fields
Patricia Lewis holds the role of Secretary at Safety within Financial Responsibility. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $39,576.
Secretary/Safety
Source-specific fields
Ashley Butala is a Secretary at Safety within Financial Responsibility. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $34,752.