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

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

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In Maryland, secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive earned a median of $48,680 a year. From there, this page walks through the range, the hourly rate, how many people do the job here, and what stays in your pocket after federal tax and FICA.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$48,680

$23 per hour at the median · That is $1,140 (2.4 percent) above the national median of $47,540 for this occupation.

$50,790Mean annual salary
$24Mean hourly wage
$54,890People employed in this job in Maryland

Salary range

25th: $41,030Median: $48,68075th: $59,290
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$41,030
Median (50th percentile)$48,680
75th percentile$59,290
Mean$50,790

The middle half of workers earned from $41,030 to $59,290 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$41,294 a year
$3,441 a month
Federal tax $3,662 · FICA $3,724

State tax is not in this figure. State tax for Maryland is not included, because the full 2026 state table for Maryland has not been verified in this build. Treat this figure as before state tax, not as a final take-home figure.

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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