Tennessee / Veterans Services / Administrative Assistant 1
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
12 employees hold this title in Veterans Services. Median total compensation for the role is $47,478, below the department median of $52,944.
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. Veterans Services pays a median base salary of $47,478 for this role, 4% above that figure — about the 55th 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 Veterans 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. Veterans Services’s median base salary is in line withthat national figure, about the 50th 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 Veterans Services is $47,478, 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 Veterans Services, the median of $47,478 ranks #14 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/Veterans Services
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Ashley Allen holds the role of Administrative Assistant 1 at Veterans Services within Claims Division. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $56,535.
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Ashley Manning works as a Administrative Assistant 1 for Veterans Services within Veterans Cemetery-Lyons View. Their status is full-time. Ashley earned $56,482 in 2026.
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At Veterans Services, Crystal Walker serves as a Administrative Assistant 1 within Nashville Cemetery. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $56,227.
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Stacy Beets holds the role of Administrative Assistant 1 at Veterans Services within Veterans Cemetery-Lyons View. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $51,626.
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Sholonda Mcnutt holds the role of Administrative Assistant 1 at Veterans Services within Memphis Cemetery. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $50,718.
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At Veterans Services, Sharon Decant serves as a Administrative Assistant 1 within Nashville Cemetery. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $48,468.
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Terry Richards holds the role of Administrative Assistant 1 at Veterans Services within Memphis Cemetery. Their status is part-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $46,488.
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Amy Roach holds the role of Administrative Assistant 1 at Veterans Services within Claims Division. Their status is part-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $46,488.
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George Johnston is a Administrative Assistant 1 at Veterans Services within Nashville Cemetery. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $45,948.
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At Veterans Services, Madison Delancey serves as a Administrative Assistant 1 within Memphis Cemetery. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $45,767.
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Adriana Duran works as a Administrative Assistant 1 for Veterans Services within Memphis Cemetery. Their status is full-time. Adriana earned $44,388 in 2026.
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At Veterans Services, Jennifer Mills serves as a Administrative Assistant 1 within Parkers Crossroads Cemetery. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $43,572.