SALARY · SECRETARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS, EXCEPT LEGAL, MEDICAL, AND EXECUTIVE · NORTH CAROLINA

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive salary in North Carolina

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In North Carolina, secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive earned a median of $45,790 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

$45,790

$22 per hour at the median · That is $1,750 (3.7 percent) below the national median of $47,540 for this occupation.

$46,200Mean annual salary
$22Mean hourly wage
$43,690People employed in this job in North Carolina

Salary range

25th: $38,100Median: $45,79075th: $51,870
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$38,100
Median (50th percentile)$45,790
75th percentile$51,870
Mean$46,200

The middle half of workers earned from $38,100 to $51,870 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 TAKE-HOME PAY

$37,654 a year
$3,138 a month
Federal tax $3,315 · FICA $3,503 · State tax $1,318

Caveat: the North Carolina rate is from NCDOR, but the $12,750 deduction comes from the statute text, not an NCDOR deduction page.

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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