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Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary in Pittsburgh, PA

The median legal secretaries and administrative assistants in Pittsburgh, PA earns $47,180 a year, 15% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,220 a month.

10th percentile
$37,060
25th percentile
$42,310
Median percentile
$47,180
75th percentile
$55,720
90th percentile
$74,230

Based on 1,450 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

$38,641 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,180
Federal income tax−$3,482
Social Security + Medicare−$3,609
Pennsylvania income tax (approx.)−$1,448
Monthly take-home$3,220
Every two weeks$1,486

Does it go far here?

$49,836Median pay in Pittsburgh, PA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.7 vs 100).
33%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,053 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Pittsburgh, PA

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$275,930
Nurse Anesthetists$223,570
Chief Executives$216,060
Physicians, All Other$187,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers$161,720
Computer and Information Systems Managers$159,090
Dentists, General$155,250
Database Architects$152,800

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