Secretaries and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

The annual salary statistics of secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Dallas-Plano-Irving is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$22,500
25th Percentile Wage
$29,140
50th Percentile Wage
$36,970
75th Percentile Wage
$46,300
90th Percentile Wage
$56,440

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $56,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,970. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,500.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$36,970
2.00% 10.58%
2016
$36,230
4.20% -
2015
$34,710
2.10% -
2014
$33,980
1.41% -
2013
$33,500
1.31% -
2012
$33,060
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Table 2. Compare Secretaries and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,970 in Dallas-Plano-Irving is in the middle of salary range for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Dallas-Plano-Irving is 16.2 percent (16.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 13.0 percent (13.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Laredo.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$44,100
Midland
$42,370
Odessa
$40,830
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$40,280
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$39,840
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$38,460
College Station-Bryan
$38,340
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$38,060
Waco
$37,660
Corpus Christi
$37,430
Lubbock
$37,040
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$36,970
Sherman-Denison
$36,950
Tyler
$36,290
Longview
$36,270
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$36,170
Abilene
$36,150
Victoria
$35,960
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$35,650
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$35,430
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$35,190
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$34,910
Texarkana-Texarkana
$34,830
San Angelo
$34,770
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$34,720
Wichita Falls
$34,690
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$34,300
Fort Worth-Arlington
$33,720
Amarillo
$33,430
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$33,400
Brownsville-Harlingen
$33,030
El Paso
$32,500
Laredo
$32,160