Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive salary · Alabama

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in Alabama

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Alabama earn a median of $41,630 a year, which is $20.01 an hour. That is $5,910 below the national median of $47,540, a difference of 12 percent. The state employs 45,050.

Median in Alabama $41,630 $20.01 an hour · May 2025
US median $47,540
Jobs in Alabama 45,050

Alabama against the US May 2025

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Alabama against the US, May 2025
FigureAlabamaUnited States
Median annual $41,630 $47,540
Median hourly$20.01$22.86
Mean annual$43,060$49,350
10th percentile$29,170$33,280
90th percentile$59,090$66,350
Employment45,0501,706,790

How Alabama compares

By median pay, Alabama ranks 11 of the 12 states this site reports for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive. Ranking is on the published median only. It says nothing about how far that salary goes once housing, state income tax and commuting are paid, and those differences between states are frequently larger than the pay gap itself.

Other states for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive May 2025

StateMedianHourlyJobs
California $55,400 $26.64 158,630
New Jersey $50,260 $24.16 65,960
New York $49,600 $23.85 122,490
Maryland $48,680 $23.41 54,890
Illinois $48,310 $23.23 74,280
Pennsylvania $46,270 $22.25 65,310
Ohio $46,230 $22.22 54,790
Florida $45,900 $22.07 104,000
North Carolina $45,790 $22.01 43,690
Texas $45,140 $21.70 149,650
Georgia $41,600 $20.00 44,430

Common questions

How much do secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive make in Alabama?

The median salary for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Alabama is $41,630 a year, or $20.01 an hour. That is $5,910 below the national median of $47,540, a difference of 12 percent. Alabama employs 45,050 of them.

Is Alabama a good state to work as a secretaries and administrative assistant?

On pay alone, Alabama ranks 11 of the 12 states this site reports for the occupation, by median salary. Pay is only half the question though: a state with a higher median can still leave you with less once housing and taxes are counted, and this site does not adjust for cost of living.

What is the pay range for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Alabama?

The lowest-paid 10 percent earn $29,170 or less and the highest-paid 10 percent earn $59,090 or more. The middle half falls between $35,580 and $49,120.

Where these numbers come from

Published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 release, for SOC code 43-6014 in Alabama. Nothing on this page is interpolated or averaged by this site. See the national secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive salary page for the full picture, or how to read these figures for what the survey covers.