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. State Ethics Commission pays a median base salary of $31,751 for this role, 35% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where State Ethics Commission sits in the local pay range
$39,330
$44,340
$48,920
$56,620
$61,740
State Ethics Commission median · $31,751
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 State Ethics Commission’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. State Ethics Commission’s median base salary is 33% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$33,280
$38,830
$47,540
$58,000
$66,350
State Ethics Commission median · $31,751
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 State Ethics Commission is $31,751, 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 State Ethics Commission, the median of $31,751 ranks #2 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.