Administrative Assistant salary
What an administrative assistant actually earns, from 404 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-22.
Switch the market above to see administrative assistant pay in the 3 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
An administrative assistant earns a blended US median near 101,209 dollars, with the typical middle running from 79,651 dollars to 139,844 dollars. The official trend has moved up about 23 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 11% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is logistics coordinator, at 56 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open administrative assistant roles
Live openings, freshest first. Apply at the source.
- Kaufmännischer Mitarbeiter Qualitätssicherung (m/w/d) at Wortmann KG Internationale SchuhproduktionenDetmold1d agoApply
Sachbearbeiter Recruiting Operations (m/w/x) at K-tronik GmbHMemmingen1d agoApply
Auxiliar de REDES/Secretaria(o) Área de Salud Monteverde at Grupo SEMANSMonte Verde, Puntarenas1d agoApply- Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist at Drug Enforcement AdministrationArlington, Virginia$122k–$158k1d agoApply
Sachbearbeiter/in Logistik at Bonatura AGKerzers, Fribourg, Switzerland1d agoApply
Sachbearbeiter:in temptraining D/F at SwissstaffingDübendorf, Zürich, Switzerland · Remote1d agoApply
By country
- United States$79,651$101,209$139,844
- United Kingdom$35,371$37,570$40,353
- Canada$32,241$38,045$41,702
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Quick answers
How much does an administrative assistant make?
The blended US median is about 101,209 dollars, with a typical range from 79,651 dollars to 139,844 dollars.
Is administrative assistant a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 11% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can an administrative assistant move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is logistics coordinator, at 56 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 43-6014. Live corpus 404 observations, 2026-09-22. Definitions in the glossary.