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Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary in Milwaukee, WI

The median legal secretaries and administrative assistants in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI earns $59,830 a year, 8% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,924 a month.

10th percentile
$46,720
25th percentile
$49,840
Median percentile
$59,830
75th percentile
$70,110
90th percentile
$78,320

Based on 490 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

$47,082 take-home a year
Gross pay$59,830
Federal income tax−$5,000
Social Security + Medicare−$4,577
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$3,171
Monthly take-home$3,924
Every two weeks$1,811

Does it go far here?

$61,720Median pay in Milwaukee, WI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.9 vs 100).
29%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,139 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Milwaukee, WI

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$411,200
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$161,220
Financial Managers$156,100
Dentists, General$155,940
Pharmacists$153,340
Sales Managers$144,560
Architectural and Engineering Managers$143,570

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