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Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary in Wisconsin

The median legal secretaries and administrative assistants in Wisconsin earns $55,410 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,647 a month.

10th percentile
$46,020
25th percentile
$48,270
Median percentile
$55,410
75th percentile
$61,920
90th percentile
$75,860

Based on 1,210 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

$43,765 take-home a year
Gross pay$55,410
Federal income tax−$4,469
Social Security + Medicare−$4,239
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$2,937
Monthly take-home$3,647
Every two weeks$1,683

Does it go far here?

$58,887Median pay in Wisconsin is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.1 vs 100).
30%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,087 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Wisconsin

JobMedian pay
Anesthesiologists$443,990
Surgeons, All Other$416,000
Radiologists$392,610
Physicians, All Other$391,740
General Internal Medicine Physicians$367,160
Psychiatrists$331,070
Family Medicine Physicians$290,640
Nurse Anesthetists$273,170

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