Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in Baton Rouge, LA
Median annual salary
$40,910
-14% vs US median ($47,540)
Worth after local cost of living
$47,515
cost index 86.1 (relative rent (Census ACS), US metro median = 100)
Pay range in Baton Rouge, LA
| 10th percentile | $28,340 |
| 25th percentile | $34,510 |
| Median (50th) | $40,910 |
| 75th percentile | $48,390 |
| 90th percentile | $57,560 |
| Mean | $42,100 |
| Employed in metro | 5,950 |
A Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Baton Rouge, LA earns a median of $40,910 per year. That is 14% below the national median of $47,540 for this occupation. Because Baton Rouge, LA has a cost index of 86.1 (below the US metro average of 100), that salary has the local purchasing power of about $47,515 in an average-cost metro.
Local context: median household income in the metro is $69,599, median gross rent $1,135/mo, and the median home value $241,100. See the full Baton Rouge, LA cost-of-living profile.