Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
Median annual salary
$55,380
+16% vs US median ($47,540)
Worth after local cost of living
$32,519
cost index 170.3 (relative rent (Census ACS), US metro median = 100)
Pay range in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
| 10th percentile | $39,860 |
| 25th percentile | $46,730 |
| Median (50th) | $55,380 |
| 75th percentile | $64,080 |
| 90th percentile | $75,780 |
| Mean | $56,800 |
| Employed in metro | 12,070 |
A Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA earns a median of $55,380 per year. That is 16% above the national median of $47,540 for this occupation. Because San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA has a cost index of 170.3 (above the US metro average of 100), that salary has the local purchasing power of about $32,519 in an average-cost metro.
Local context: median household income in the metro is $106,268, median gross rent $2,246/mo, and the median home value $854,700. See the full San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA cost-of-living profile.