Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in Alaska

The median for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Alaska is $48,530 a year, somewhat above the national $47,540 (+2%); the state ranks 16th of 51 states by median. That is 20% less than the median across all occupations in Alaska ($61,000). Alaska employs 5,390 secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive, 16.6 per 1,000 jobs, the 47th largest count of any state. A location quotient of 1.51 means the occupation is more concentrated in Alaska than nationally.

Alaska vs the United States, May 2025

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive: wage percentiles, mean, employment, jobs per 1,000 and location quotient in Alaska and nationally, May 2025
AreaBasisPercentile wageMeanEmploymentJobs per 1,000Location quotient
10th25thMedian75th90th
AlaskaHourly$17.00$20.08$23.33$28.32$31.07$23.815,39016.551.51
Annual$35,360$41,760$48,530$58,910$64,620$49,510
United StatesHourly$16.00$18.67$22.86$27.89$31.90$23.731,706,790––
Annual$33,280$38,830$47,540$58,000$66,350$49,350
$0$20k$40k$60k$80k10th10th: $35,360$35,36025th25th: $41,760$41,760MedianMedian: $48,530$48,53075th75th: $58,910$58,91090th90th: $64,620$64,620US median
Alaska annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.
Rank by median
16th of 51 states
Rank by employment
47th of 51 states
Location quotient
1.51
Jobs per 1,000
16.55

Ranks count the 50 states and DC with a published value. The location quotient is the occupation's share of Alaska's employment divided by its national share; 1.00 means the same share as the nation. Take-home pay at these wages: FastCalc's take-home pay calculator.

Metropolitan areas in Alaska

2 metropolitan areas and 1 nonmetropolitan area touching Alaska publish a row for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive, sorted by median. Areas crossing a state line are listed under every state they touch; a linked metro has its own profile.

AreaMedian hourlyMedian annual10th pct (annual)90th pct (annual)EmploymentJobs per 1,000Location quotient
Anchorage, AK$23.15$48,150$35,250$64,4802,56014.441.32
Fairbanks-College, AK$23.01$47,860$35,360$62,38063017.351.58
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$23.65$49,190$36,760$64,8902,11019.391.77

See the national page for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive (every state ranked) and the Alaska wage profile (every occupation in the state).

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Alaska estimates.

  • Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
  • Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.