SALARY · SECRETARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS, EXCEPT LEGAL, MEDICAL, AND EXECUTIVE · LOUISIANA

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive salary in Louisiana

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Louisiana, the middle secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive earned $38,790 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$38,790

$19 per hour at the median · That is $8,750 (18.4 percent) below the national median of $47,540 for this occupation.

$40,370Mean annual salary
$19Mean hourly wage
$28,040People employed in this job in Louisiana

Salary range

25th: $31,840Median: $38,79075th: $46,710
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$31,840
Median (50th percentile)$38,790
75th percentile$46,710
Mean$40,370

The middle half of workers earned from $31,840 to $46,710 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$32,570 a year
$2,714 a month
Federal tax $2,475 · FICA $2,967 · State tax $777
Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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