School Administrative Assistant Salary & Pay DataBLS figures for secretaries and administrative assistants (except legal, medical and executive), the broader group, in K-12 schools
BLS OEWS May 2025 · Broader BLS occupation: SOC 43-6014 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
BLS publishes no separate wage for school administrative assistants.
All secretaries and administrative assistants (except legal, medical and executive) (SOC 43-6014 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive), the broader occupation used here, earned a median $47,050 a year ($22.62 an hour) in elementary and secondary schools, public and private together, in May 2025.
The middle half of that group earned between $37,870 and $57,850.
In privately owned elementary and secondary schools alone (BLS industry 611105, national), the median for secretaries and administrative assistants (except legal, medical and executive) was $46,020 on 23,950 jobs.
BLS counts school office staff inside secretaries and administrative assistants (43-6014).
This is that occupation in K-12 schools, public and private together.
In privately owned schools alone, the BLS median for this occupation was $46,020.
Annual figures are BLS hourly wages × 2,080 hours. BLS has no private school or charter school occupation code. The K-12 figures count public district, charter and private schools together; only the privately owned schools figure isolates private schools. OEWS covers wage-and-salary workers only and leaves out the self-employed, overtime pay and most bonuses.
How pay spreads across Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $31,340 | $15.07 |
| 25th | $37,870 | $18.21 |
| 50th (median) | $47,050 | $22.62 |
| 75th | $57,850 | $27.81 |
| 90th | $64,010 | $30.78 |
| Mean (average) | $47,930 | $23.04 |
SOC 43-6014 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, the broader occupation (not a school administrative assistant series), in elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 611100, public and private): 216,820 wage-and-salary jobs, BLS OEWS May 2025. The privately owned schools figure is shown as a median, mean and job count only.
Related BLS occupations in schools
BLS counts these staff in more than one occupation.
Each row is the national figure in K-12 schools (public and private together) and in privately owned schools alone.
| Occupation (SOC) | Median, all K-12 schools | 10th–90th | Jobs | Median, privately owned schools | Jobs, privately owned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretaries and administrative assistants (43-6014) | $47,050 | $31,340–$64,010 | 216,820 | $46,020 | 23,950 |
| Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants (43-6011) | $72,800 | $48,820–$99,540 | 24,910 | $68,590 | 5,410 |
Pay by employer
National figures for all secretaries and administrative assistants (except legal, medical and executive) (SOC 43-6014): every employer, then K-12 schools of every ownership, then privately owned K-12 schools only, BLS OEWS May 2025.
BLS publishes no figure for school administrative assistants alone; these rows are for the whole occupation.
BLS publishes no split by type of private school.
Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 611100) counts public district, charter and private schools together.
The privately owned schools row is a separate BLS industry series (611105); BLS industry estimates are national only, and this page shows that row as a median, mean and job count (no hourly figure or percentiles).
| Employer | Median | Mean | Hourly median | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries (every employer) | $47,540 | $49,350 | $22.86 | 1,706,790 |
| K-12 schools, public and private (NAICS 611100) | $47,050 | $47,930 | $22.62 | 216,820 |
| Privately owned K-12 schools only (BLS industry 611105) | $46,020 | $46,360 | Not shown | 23,950 |
Job outlook for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
BLS projects employment of all secretaries and administrative assistants (except legal, medical and executive) to decline 6.0%, from about 1,889,800 in 2025 to 1,775,700 in 2035 (BLS Employment Projections 2025–35).
BLS projects no separate figure for school administrative assistants.
The projection covers every employer, public and private, with no split for private schools.
It includes the self-employed and comes from a different BLS program, so it is not directly comparable with the OEWS job counts above.