Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$54,150avg. a year
$26.04 an hour · 40,380 employed
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area earn an average of $54,150 a year. That is $2,200 (4%) less than the California average of $56,350. The U.S. average is $46,800.
$51,410Median pay
$26.04Average hourly
-4%vs. California average
40,380Jobs in this metro
Other California metro areas
Average pay for medical secretaries and administrative assistants in other California metro areas. Swipe to see all 24.
16,340 jobs
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
$68,750
$33.05 an hour
213,660 jobs
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
$64,580
$31.05 an hour
3990 jobs
Vallejo, CA
$63,880
$30.71 an hour
4510 jobs
Napa, CA
$63,500
$30.53 an hour
51,190 jobs
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
$60,980
$29.32 an hour
67,710 jobs
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
$57,130
$27.46 an hour
71,600 jobs
Modesto, CA
$55,310
$26.59 an hour
8840 jobs
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
$55,180
$26.53 an hour
911,260 jobs
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
$54,770
$26.33 an hour
10720 jobs
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
$54,640
$26.27 an hour
1110,530 jobs
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
$53,060
$25.51 an hour
122,460 jobs
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
$53,000
$25.48 an hour
131,040 jobs
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
$52,790
$25.38 an hour
14950 jobs
Salinas, CA
$52,540
$25.26 an hour
15270 jobs
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
$51,580
$24.80 an hour
161,360 jobs
Stockton-Lodi, CA
$51,420
$24.72 an hour
17310 jobs
Yuba City, CA
$51,180
$24.61 an hour
183,410 jobs
Fresno, CA
$50,730
$24.39 an hour
191,670 jobs
Bakersfield-Delano, CA
$50,220
$24.14 an hour
20900 jobs
Visalia, CA
$49,930
$24.01 an hour
21630 jobs
Chico, CA
$49,920
$24.00 an hour
22590 jobs
Redding, CA
$49,410
$23.75 an hour
23350 jobs
Merced, CA
$48,230
$23.19 an hour
24290 jobs
El Centro, CA
$47,560
$22.87 an hour
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How Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim compares
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Questions and answers
How much do medical secretaries and administrative assistants make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim?
The average is $54,150 a year, and the median is $51,410. About 40,380 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the California average?
That is $2,200 (4%) less than the California average of $56,350.
Is this job common in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim?
It makes up 6.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 1.04 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 43-6013. Metro area: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 31080). 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.