How much does an administrative assistant make?
Official figures for the US and the UK, and what you take home.
United States
Median a year
$47,540
Take-home a month
$3,365
at the median, single, no state income tax
Lowest 10% earn under
$33,280
Top 10% earn over
$66,350
1,706,790 people employed · SOC 43-6014 «Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive» · BLS, May 2025
United Kingdom
Median a year
£36,929
Take-home a month
£2,509
at the median, England, no student loan
Lowest 10% earn under
£25,468
Top 10% earn over
£58,890
ONS: use with caution
Full-time employees · SOC 4215 «Personal assistants and other secretaries» · ONS ASHE 2026 (provisional)
Medians and percentiles are gross pay before tax. US: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, published 15 May 2026, all industries. UK: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 (provisional), Table 14, published 22 October 2026, for the tax year ended 5 April 2026. Take-home pay from our US and UK calculators.
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