Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive pay in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson
$50,990avg. a year
$24.51 an hour · 29,780 employed
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro area earn an average of $50,990 a year. That is about the same as the Maryland average of $50,790. The U.S. average is $49,350.
$49,220Median pay
$24.51Average hourly
+0%vs. Maryland average
29,780Jobs in this metro
Other Maryland metro areas
Average pay for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in other Maryland metro areas. Swipe to see all 5.
137,010 jobs
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
$56,400
$27.12 an hour
21,260 jobs
Lexington Park, MD
$51,030
$24.54 an hour
332,850 jobs
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
$50,280
$24.17 an hour
41,150 jobs
Salisbury, MD
$46,980
$22.59 an hour
51,800 jobs
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
$44,600
$21.44 an hour
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How Baltimore-Columbia-Towson compares
Pay range: metro vs. state vs. U.S.
Annual wage percentiles, May 2025
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Questions and answers
How much do secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive make in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson?
The average is $50,990 a year, and the median is $49,220. About 29,780 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Maryland average?
That is about the same as the Maryland average of $50,790.
Is this job common in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson?
It makes up 21.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 2.00 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: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 12580). 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.