Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin
$54,630avg. a year
$26.26 an hour · 50,190 employed
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area earn an average of $54,630 a year. That is $2,560 (5%) more than the Illinois average of $52,070. The U.S. average is $49,350.
$50,440Median pay
$26.26Average hourly
+5%vs. Illinois average
50,190Jobs in this metro
Other Illinois metro areas
Average pay for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in other Illinois metro areas. Swipe to see all 11.
1930 jobs
Bloomington, IL
$54,160
$26.04 an hour
21,220 jobs
Champaign-Urbana, IL
$51,260
$24.65 an hour
31,290 jobs
Springfield, IL
$51,120
$24.58 an hour
41,360 jobs
Rockford, IL
$48,960
$23.54 an hour
52,010 jobs
Peoria, IL
$48,430
$23.28 an hour
6500 jobs
Decatur, IL
$47,360
$22.77 an hour
715,000 jobs
St. Louis, MO-IL
$47,180
$22.68 an hour
8540 jobs
Kankakee, IL
$47,010
$22.60 an hour
91,670 jobs
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
$46,980
$22.59 an hour
10410 jobs
Paducah, KY-IL
$42,780
$20.57 an hour
11500 jobs
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
$39,120
$18.81 an hour
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How Chicago-Naperville-Elgin compares
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Questions and answers
How much do secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin?
The average is $54,630 a year, and the median is $50,440. About 50,190 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Illinois average?
That is $2,560 (5%) more than the Illinois average of $52,070.
Is this job common in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin?
It makes up 11.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 1.01 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 43-6014. Metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 16980). 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.