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

What Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive earn in Georgia, labor market by labor market, and what is left after taxes and living costs in 29 counties.

Average in GA
$42,451
local median wages, weighted
Rank among states
37 of 40
published states
Workers in state
44,670
BLS employment estimate
Wage areas
1
29 counties

Pay by labor market in Georgia

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive pay by wage area in Georgia
Wage areaMedian wageTake-home payMargin per yearLargest county
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339Fulton County, GA

Counties ranked by what is left after the basics

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Georgia counties, by yearly margin
#CountyMedian wageTake-home payMargin per year
1Meriwether County, GA$45,270$36,776$20,575
2Haralson County, GA$45,270$36,776$20,383
3Butts County, GA$45,270$36,776$18,727
4Lumpkin County, GA$45,270$36,776$17,107
5Morgan County, GA$45,270$36,776$15,139
6Fulton County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
7Gwinnett County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
8Cobb County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
9DeKalb County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
10Clayton County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
11Cherokee County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
12Forsyth County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
13Henry County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
14Paulding County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
15Coweta County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
16Douglas County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
17Carroll County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
18Fayette County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
19Newton County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
20Bartow County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
21Walton County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
22Rockdale County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
23Barrow County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
24Spalding County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339
25Pickens County, GA$45,270$36,776$10,339

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Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive pay in Georgia

The employment-weighted average of local median wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Georgia is $42,451, based on 44,670 workers. Among the 40 states with published data, that ranks number 37. The BLS national median for the occupation is $47,540, so Georgia averages 10.7% below it.

Published data for Georgia currently covers the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA area, with a local median wage of $45,270.

Cost of living for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Georgia

We compare 29 Georgia counties after federal, Social Security, Medicare and state taxes and the four basics: a one-bedroom rental, food, home energy and gasoline. Meriwether County, GA leaves the largest yearly margin, $20,575. Heard County, GA leaves the smallest, $10,339. The median wage covers all four basics in 29 of the 29 counties.

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in other states

The states with the highest average local median wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive are New Hampshire ($57,407), Connecticut ($57,165), Massachusetts ($56,762) and Washington ($56,334).

Frequently asked questions: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Georgia

How much do Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive earn in Georgia?

The employment-weighted average of local median wages is $42,451.

Which Georgia county is best for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive?

Meriwether County, GA leaves the largest yearly margin after taxes and the four basics ($20,575). Haralson County, GA follows at $20,383.