Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands
$56,490avg. a year
$27.16 an hour · 4,210 employed
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area earn an average of $56,490 a year. That is $2,310 (4%) more than the Texas average of $54,180. The U.S. average is $60,620.
$46,150Median pay
$27.16Average hourly
+4%vs. Texas average
4,210Jobs in this metro
Other Texas metro areas
Average pay for legal secretaries and administrative assistants in other Texas metro areas. Swipe to see all 23.
11,190 jobs
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
$61,370
$29.51 an hour
250 jobs
Midland, TX
$60,120
$28.91 an hour
370 jobs
College Station-Bryan, TX
$54,750
$26.32 an hour
4110 jobs
Amarillo, TX
$53,430
$25.69 an hour
54,920 jobs
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
$53,300
$25.62 an hour
6100 jobs
Killeen-Temple, TX
$50,250
$24.16 an hour
7150 jobs
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
$50,060
$24.07 an hour
880 jobs
Waco, TX
$50,060
$24.07 an hour
9690 jobs
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
$50,010
$24.05 an hour
10130 jobs
Corpus Christi, TX
$49,910
$24.00 an hour
1170 jobs
Longview, TX
$49,740
$23.92 an hour
1240 jobs
Abilene, TX
$49,360
$23.73 an hour
1340 jobs
Odessa, TX
$49,330
$23.72 an hour
14110 jobs
Lubbock, TX
$49,110
$23.61 an hour
15110 jobs
Tyler, TX
$48,970
$23.54 an hour
16210 jobs
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
$48,960
$23.54 an hour
17230 jobs
El Paso, TX
$47,290
$22.74 an hour
1850 jobs
San Angelo, TX
$46,210
$22.21 an hour
1950 jobs
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
$46,050
$22.14 an hour
2050 jobs
Laredo, TX
$45,350
$21.81 an hour
2140 jobs
Wichita Falls, TX
$44,830
$21.56 an hour
2230 jobs
Texarkana, TX-AR
$43,610
$20.97 an hour
2340 jobs
Eagle Pass, TX
$42,390
$20.38 an hour
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How Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands compares
Pay range: metro vs. state vs. U.S.
Annual wage percentiles, May 2025
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Questions and answers
How much do legal secretaries and administrative assistants make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands?
The average is $56,490 a year, and the median is $46,150. About 4,210 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Texas average?
That is $2,310 (4%) more than the Texas average of $54,180.
Is this job common in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands?
It makes up 1.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 1.27 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 43-6012. Metro area: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 26420). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.