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Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in Des Moines, IA

Estimates come from the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Des Moines, IA is $47,500, about the same as the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Des Moines sits within the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA area, Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive pay runs from $35,490 to $63,510 a year, with about 3.1K people employed.

Median annual

$47,500

Median hourly

$23

Average annual

$48,700

Employed in metro

3.1K

Pay distribution

10th$35,490
25th$39,990
Median$47,500
75th$55,810
90th$63,510

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Hourly
$22.84
Daily
$183
Weekly
$913
Bi-weekly
$1,827
Monthly
$3,958
Annual
$47,500

$47,500 a year is around the 50th percentile for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executives in Des Moines, IA. The median is $47,500.

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in other metro areas

  • New Haven, CT$63,800
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$62,940
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$62,110
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$60,230
  • Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$59,510
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$59,330
  • Napa, CA$58,810
  • Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$57,720