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Administrative Assistant V

Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.

36 employees hold this title in Office of the Attorney General. Median total compensation for the role is $61,230, below the department median of $68,266.

Employees
36
Total payroll
$2.2M
Role median
$61,230
Agency median
$68,266
Comparison
Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$52,470$64,395+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 36 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

Administrative Assistant V pay vs. Texas

Across all employers in Texas, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 149,650 people — is $45,140. Office of the Attorney General pays a median base salary of $55,120 for this role, 22% above that figureabout the 78th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Office of the Attorney General sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$29,810
$36,030
$45,140
$53,540
$63,020
Office of the Attorney General median · $55,120

The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive across every employer in Texas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Office of the Attorney General’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. Office of the Attorney General’s median base salary is 16% above that national figure, about the 68th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$33,280
$38,830
$47,540
$58,000
$66,350
Office of the Attorney General median · $55,120

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 Texas range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 140 of 142 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Office of the Attorney General is $55,021, 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

This role across Texas

Administrative Assistant V is held in 40 Texas departments. In Office of the Attorney General, the median of $61,230 ranks #8 of 40.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant V role in other Texasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Administrative Assistant beyond Texas

This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In Texas, the median of $42,147 ranks #23 of 31. See Administrative Assistant across all of Texas

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Los Angeles County
$142,353 · 378
City of San Jose
$126,642 · 11
City of Boston
$77,773 · 26
Illinois
$74,800 · 528
New York City
$73,085 · 105
California
$71,808 · 287

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

Employees with this title

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Barbara Suaste

Administrative Assistant V/Office of the Attorney General

2026 total comp
$61,285
Base pay
$61,285
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$61,285
Employment type
Crf - Classified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1
Middle name
J

Source-specific fields

Class Code
158
Hire Date
May 1, 1993
Monthly Pay
$5,107
State Employee Number
60409

Barbara Suaste holds the role of Administrative Assistant V at Office of the Attorney General. Their status is crf - classified regular full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $61,285.

Melissa Mettlen

Administrative Assistant V/Office of the Attorney General

2026 total comp
$61,265
Base pay
$61,265
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$61,265
Employment type
Crf - Classified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1
Middle name
F

Source-specific fields

Class Code
158
Hire Date
Jul 13, 1998
Monthly Pay
$5,105
State Employee Number
69433

Melissa Mettlen works as a Administrative Assistant V for Office of the Attorney General. Their status is crf - classified regular full-time. Melissa earned $61,265 in 2026.

Velena Lee

Administrative Assistant V/Office of the Attorney General

2026 total comp
$61,196
Base pay
$61,196
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$61,196
Employment type
Crf - Classified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1
Middle name
K

Source-specific fields

Class Code
158
Hire Date
Nov 1, 2010
Monthly Pay
$5,100
State Employee Number
56666

Velena Lee is a Administrative Assistant V at Office of the Attorney General. They work crf - classified regular full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $61,196.

Rebecca Cruz

Administrative Assistant V/Office of the Attorney General

2026 total comp
$60,876
Base pay
$60,876
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$60,876
Employment type
Crf - Classified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1
Middle name
A

Source-specific fields

Class Code
158
Hire Date
Aug 26, 2013
Monthly Pay
$5,073
State Employee Number
6609

Rebecca Cruz is a Administrative Assistant V at Office of the Attorney General. They work crf - classified regular full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $60,876.

Eunice Choice

Administrative Assistant V/Office of the Attorney General

2026 total comp
$60,844
Base pay
$60,844
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$60,844
Employment type
Crf - Classified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1
Middle name
L

Source-specific fields

Class Code
158
Hire Date
Nov 10, 1999
Monthly Pay
$5,070
State Employee Number
67191

Eunice Choice is a Administrative Assistant V at Office of the Attorney General. They work crf - classified regular full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $60,844.