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Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary in Atlanta, GA

The median legal secretaries and administrative assistants in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA earns $60,100 a year, 8% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,946 a month.

10th percentile
$42,830
25th percentile
$48,260
Median percentile
$60,100
75th percentile
$63,420
90th percentile
$77,390

Based on 1,760 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$47,351 take-home a year
Gross pay$60,100
Federal income tax−$5,032
Social Security + Medicare−$4,598
Georgia income tax (approx.)−$3,119
Monthly take-home$3,946
Every two weeks$1,821

Does it go far here?

$60,065Median pay in Atlanta, GA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.1 vs 100).
42%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,672 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Atlanta, GA

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$618,090
Chief Executives$275,820
Physicians, All Other$275,080
Family Medicine Physicians$259,320
Cardiologists$239,200
Anesthesiologists$226,830
Dentists, General$222,690
Air Traffic Controllers$186,640

All legal secretaries and administrative assistants salaries · Take-home pay in Georgia