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Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in New Mexico

What Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive earn in New Mexico, labor market by labor market, and what is left after taxes and living costs in 4 counties.

Average in NM
$45,983
local median wages, weighted
Rank among states
24 of 38
published states
Workers in state
24,760
BLS employment estimate
Wage areas
1
4 counties

Pay by labor market in New Mexico

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive pay by wage area in New Mexico
Wage areaMedian wageTake-home payMargin per yearLargest county
Albuquerque, NM$46,950$38,754$18,718Bernalillo County, NM

Counties ranked by what is left after the basics

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in New Mexico counties, by yearly margin
#CountyMedian wageTake-home payMargin per year
1Bernalillo County, NM$46,950$38,754$18,718
2Sandoval County, NM$46,950$38,754$18,718
3Valencia County, NM$46,950$38,754$18,718
4Torrance County, NM$46,950$38,754$18,718

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive pay in New Mexico

The employment-weighted average of local median wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in New Mexico is $45,983, based on 24,760 workers. Among the 38 states with published data, that ranks number 24. The BLS national median for the occupation is $47,540, so New Mexico averages 3.3% below it.

Published data for New Mexico currently covers the Albuquerque, NM area, with a local median wage of $46,950.

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

We compare 4 New Mexico counties after federal, Social Security, Medicare and state taxes and the four basics: a one-bedroom rental, food, home energy and gasoline. Bernalillo County, NM leaves the largest yearly margin, $18,718. Torrance County, NM leaves the smallest, $18,718. The median wage covers all four basics in 4 of the 4 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 New Mexico

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

The employment-weighted average of local median wages is $45,983.

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

Bernalillo County, NM leaves the largest yearly margin after taxes and the four basics ($18,718). Sandoval County, NM follows at $18,718.