Compared with the local labor market
Administrative Assistant pay vs. Vermont
Across all employers in Vermont, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 3,360 people — is $48,920. Administration Agency pays a median base salary of $46,940 for this role, 4% below that figure — about the 39th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Administration Agency sits in the local pay range
$39,330
$44,340
$48,920
$56,620
$61,740
Administration Agency median · $46,940
The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive across every employer in Vermont, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Administration Agency’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. Administration Agency’s median base salary is 1% below that national figure, about the 48th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$33,280
$38,830
$47,540
$58,000
$66,350
Administration Agency median · $46,940
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 Vermont range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Administration Agency is $46,940, 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 Vermont
Administrative Assistant is held in 2 Vermont departments. In Administration Agency, the median of $46,940 ranks #1 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant role in other Vermontdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.