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Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive salary in Cleveland, TN

The median secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Cleveland, TN earns $42,880 a year, 10% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,053 a month.

10th percentile
$27,520
25th percentile
$31,990
Median percentile
$42,880
75th percentile
$49,440
90th percentile
$57,150

Based on 390 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

$36,634 take-home a year
Gross pay$42,880
Federal income tax−$2,966
Social Security + Medicare−$3,280
Tennessee income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,053
Every two weeks$1,409

Does it go far here?

$48,683Median pay in Cleveland, TN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 88.1 vs 100).
33%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,006 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Cleveland, TN

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$92,800
Registered Nurses$72,800
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,190
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$49,250
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,110
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,580
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$38,460
Production Workers, All Other$38,010

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