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Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive salary in Wisconsin

The median secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Wisconsin earns $47,710 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,166 a month.

10th percentile
$36,680
25th percentile
$42,360
Median percentile
$47,710
75th percentile
$56,030
90th percentile
$61,940

Based on 28,100 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

$37,986 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,710
Federal income tax−$3,545
Social Security + Medicare−$3,650
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$2,529
Monthly take-home$3,166
Every two weeks$1,461

Does it go far here?

$50,704Median pay in Wisconsin is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.1 vs 100).
34%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 secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive salaries · Take-home pay in Wisconsin