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Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive salary in Beckley, WV

The median secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Beckley, WV earns $39,350 a year, 17% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,669 a month.

10th percentile
$28,670
25th percentile
$32,900
Median percentile
$39,350
75th percentile
$46,060
90th percentile
$56,670

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

$32,027 take-home a year
Gross pay$39,350
Federal income tax−$2,542
Social Security + Medicare−$3,010
West Virginia income tax (approx.)−$1,771
Monthly take-home$2,669
Every two weeks$1,232

Does it go far here?

$44,529Median pay in Beckley, WV is worth this at average US prices (local price level 88.4 vs 100).
32%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($856 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Beckley, WV

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$79,770
Registered Nurses$78,680
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$58,250
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$51,340
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$38,670
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$36,670
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$36,080
Nursing Assistants$35,810

All secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive salaries · Take-home pay in West Virginia