Utah / Department of Health / Administrative Assistant
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
3 employees hold this title in Department of Health. Median total compensation for the role is $78,433, above the department median of $63,678.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 14,870 people — is $47,050. Department of Health pays a median base salary of $44,533 for this role, 5% below that figure — about the 43rd 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 Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Health’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. Department of Health’s median base salary is 6% below that national figure, about the 41st 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 Utah range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 3 of 5 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Department of Health is $61,215, 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 is held in 16 Utah departments. In Department of Health, the median of $78,433 ranks #2 of 16.
Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $50,113 ranks #19 of 31. See Administrative Assistant across all of Utah →
Median total compensation for comparable Administrative Assistant 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 Assistant/Department of Health
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Dorrie Reese works as a Administrative Assistant for Department of Health within Department of Health Medicaid & Health Financing. Dorrie earned $83,812 in 2019.
Administrative Assistant/Department of Health
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At Department of Health, Mary Montoya serves as a Administrative Assistant within Department of Health Family Health & Preparedness. Their 2019 pay totaled $78,433.
Administrative Assistant/Department of Health
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Emily Sagers holds the role of Administrative Assistant at Department of Health within Department of Health Disease Control & Prevention. In 2019, their total compensation was $61,215.