Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands
$43,140avg. a year
$20.74 an hour · 20,220 employed
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area earn an average of $43,140 a year. That is about the same as the Texas average of $43,270. The U.S. average is $46,800.
$44,210Median pay
$20.74Average hourly
-0%vs. Texas average
20,220Jobs in this metro
Other Texas metro areas
Average pay for medical secretaries and administrative assistants in other Texas metro areas. Swipe to see all 25.
16,000 jobs
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
$47,210
$22.70 an hour
221,700 jobs
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
$45,330
$21.79 an hour
37,350 jobs
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
$43,480
$20.91 an hour
4360 jobs
Midland, TX
$43,210
$20.77 an hour
5940 jobs
Abilene, TX
$42,950
$20.65 an hour
6280 jobs
Odessa, TX
$42,810
$20.58 an hour
7460 jobs
San Angelo, TX
$42,160
$20.27 an hour
8500 jobs
College Station-Bryan, TX
$42,060
$20.22 an hour
9360 jobs
Wichita Falls, TX
$41,980
$20.18 an hour
10380 jobs
Sherman-Denison, TX
$41,840
$20.11 an hour
11880 jobs
Killeen-Temple, TX
$41,480
$19.94 an hour
121,300 jobs
Corpus Christi, TX
$41,400
$19.90 an hour
13650 jobs
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
$40,970
$19.70 an hour
14560 jobs
Waco, TX
$40,820
$19.63 an hour
15620 jobs
Amarillo, TX
$40,530
$19.49 an hour
16790 jobs
Tyler, TX
$40,180
$19.32 an hour
171,390 jobs
Lubbock, TX
$39,860
$19.16 an hour
18220 jobs
Victoria, TX
$39,250
$18.87 an hour
191,860 jobs
El Paso, TX
$39,060
$18.78 an hour
20610 jobs
Longview, TX
$38,940
$18.72 an hour
211,050 jobs
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
$38,430
$18.48 an hour
22540 jobs
Laredo, TX
$37,550
$18.06 an hour
23310 jobs
Texarkana, TX-AR
$36,630
$17.61 an hour
242,230 jobs
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
$36,520
$17.56 an hour
2570 jobs
Eagle Pass, TX
$36,050
$17.33 an hour
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How Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands compares
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Questions and answers
How much do medical secretaries and administrative assistants make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands?
The average is $43,140 a year, and the median is $44,210. About 20,220 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Texas average?
That is about the same as the Texas average of $43,270.
Is this job common in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands?
It makes up 6.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 0.99 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: 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.