Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in Salem, OR
Median annual salary
$55,660
+17% vs US median ($47,540)
Worth after local cost of living
$52,460
cost index 106.1 (relative rent (Census ACS), US metro median = 100)
Pay range in Salem, OR
| 10th percentile | $39,720 |
| 25th percentile | $47,150 |
| Median (50th) | $55,660 |
| 75th percentile | $61,570 |
| 90th percentile | $70,320 |
| Mean | $55,050 |
| Employed in metro | 3,220 |
A Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Salem, OR earns a median of $55,660 per year. That is 17% above the national median of $47,540 for this occupation. Because Salem, OR has a cost index of 106.1 (above the US metro average of 100), that salary has the local purchasing power of about $52,460 in an average-cost metro.
Local context: median household income in the metro is $78,900, median gross rent $1,399/mo, and the median home value $424,100. See the full Salem, OR cost-of-living profile.