How much do secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive make in Alabama?

What the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median says in Alabama

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median in Alabama at $41,630 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 43-6014 and BLS area 01.

BLS lists 45,050 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $43,060 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Alabama's Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is 12.4% below the U.S. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $47,540 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 43-6014 with area 01

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 43-6014 and area 01. SOC 43-6014 names Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Area 01 names Alabama. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 43-6014/01 row has 45,050 wage and salary jobs. There are 21.31 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.94. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 43-6014/01, the annual median is $41,630 per year, while the matching mean is $43,060 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 43-6014/01 10th percentile: $29,170 per year.
• 43-6014/01 25th percentile: $35,580 per year.
• 43-6014/01 median: $41,630 per year.
• 43-6014/01 75th percentile: $49,120 per year.
• 43-6014/01 90th percentile: $59,090 per year.
• 43-6014/01 employment RSE: 2.2%. Mean-wage RSE: 0.5%.
• 43-6014/01 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 01 facts behind this Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive page

Area 01 reports 2,113,660 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $57,500. Its annual median is $45,670. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 43-6014 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Alabama runs from $26,090 at the 10th percentile to $101,250 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $32,050. The median is $45,670. The 75th percentile is $66,790. This is a place check, not a pay range for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 01. They do not show related skills or a path into Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.

• 1. Retail Salespersons. Area: 01. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 60,880. Yearly median: $30,040. Jobs per 1,000: 28.81. Location quotient: 1.15.
• 2. Registered Nurses. Area: 01. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 54,340. Yearly median: $77,080. Jobs per 1,000: 25.71. Location quotient: 1.18.
• 3. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators. Area: 01. SOC: 51-2090. Jobs: 53,280. Yearly median: $42,700. Jobs per 1,000: 25.21. Location quotient: 2.79.
• 4. Stockers and Order Fillers. Area: 01. SOC: 53-7065. Jobs: 46,580. Yearly median: $34,290. Jobs per 1,000: 22.04. Location quotient: 1.21.
• 5. Cashiers. Area: 01. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 46,420. Yearly median: $28,250. Jobs per 1,000: 21.96. Location quotient: 1.11.
• 6. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 01. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 41,460. Yearly median: $23,700. Jobs per 1,000: 19.62. Location quotient: 0.79.

Read the Alabama wage ladder for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

The 10th percentile is $29,170 per year. The 25th percentile is $35,580 per year. The median is $41,630 per year. The 75th percentile is $49,120 per year. The 90th percentile is $59,090 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $35,580 per year to $49,120 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $29,920. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Alabama with its state and the U.S.

Alabama has a annual median of $41,630 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $47,540 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

A state comparison is not available for Alabama. Alabama is 12.4% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Alabama sits for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

Alabama ranks 46 of 54 among states and territories with a published annual median for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 46 of 54 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 43. Missouri. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $43,540 per year. BLS estimates 33,180 jobs. The location quotient is 1.03.
• 44. Kansas. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $42,270 per year. BLS estimates 32,120 jobs. The location quotient is 2.04.
• 45. South Dakota. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $41,700 per year. BLS estimates 6,120 jobs. The location quotient is 1.22.
• 47. Georgia. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $41,600 per year. BLS estimates 44,430 jobs. The location quotient is 0.83.
• 48. West Virginia. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $40,370 per year. BLS estimates 8,820 jobs. The location quotient is 1.15.
• 49. Oklahoma. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $39,660 per year. BLS estimates 20,120 jobs. The location quotient is 1.07.

Where Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive medians lead among states and territories

The rows below use the same SOC 43-6014, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. District of Columbia has the highest published median in this set, at $59,910 per year. Alabama sits at $41,630 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. District of Columbia has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $59,910 per year, or $18,280 above Alabama. BLS lists 11,800 jobs there, compared with 45,050 in Alabama. The location quotient is 1.53.
• 2. Massachusetts has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $57,940 per year, or $16,310 above Alabama. BLS lists 37,750 jobs there, compared with 45,050 in Alabama. The location quotient is 0.95.
• 3. Washington has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $57,330 per year, or $15,700 above Alabama. BLS lists 31,710 jobs there, compared with 45,050 in Alabama. The location quotient is 0.81.
• 4. Connecticut has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $57,210 per year, or $15,580 above Alabama. BLS lists 22,650 jobs there, compared with 45,050 in Alabama. The location quotient is 1.22.
• 5. California has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $55,400 per year, or $13,770 above Alabama. BLS lists 158,630 jobs there, compared with 45,050 in Alabama. The location quotient is 0.79.
• 6. Rhode Island has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $52,140 per year, or $10,510 above Alabama. BLS lists 5,200 jobs there, compared with 45,050 in Alabama. The location quotient is 0.95.
• 7. Oregon has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $51,740 per year, or $10,110 above Alabama. BLS lists 23,150 jobs there, compared with 45,050 in Alabama. The location quotient is 1.07.
• 8. Minnesota has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $51,400 per year, or $9,770 above Alabama. BLS lists 31,330 jobs there, compared with 45,050 in Alabama. The location quotient is 0.97.

Where BLS counts the most Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs

California has the largest published state job estimate for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in this same-source set, at 158,630 jobs. Alabama has 45,050. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. California has 158,630 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 113,580 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $55,400 per year, or $13,770 above Alabama. Its location quotient is 0.79.
• 2. Texas has 149,650 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 104,600 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $45,140 per year, or $3,510 above Alabama. Its location quotient is 0.97.
• 3. New York has 122,490 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 77,440 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $49,600 per year, or $7,970 above Alabama. Its location quotient is 1.15.
• 4. Florida has 104,000 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 58,950 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $45,900 per year, or $4,270 above Alabama. Its location quotient is 0.95.
• 5. Illinois has 74,280 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 29,230 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $48,310 per year, or $6,680 above Alabama. Its location quotient is 1.11.
• 6. New Jersey has 65,960 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 20,910 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $50,260 per year, or $8,630 above Alabama. Its location quotient is 1.4.
• 7. Pennsylvania has 65,310 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 20,260 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $46,270 per year, or $4,640 above Alabama. Its location quotient is 0.98.
• 8. Maryland has 54,890 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 9,840 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $48,680 per year, or $7,050 above Alabama. Its location quotient is 1.81.

Where Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive takes the largest share of local jobs

New Mexico has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 2.66. Alabama has 1.94. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. New Mexico has a location quotient of 2.66, a gap of 0.72 from Alabama. BLS lists 25,430 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $46,450 per year, or $4,820 above Alabama.
• 2. Guam (territory) has a location quotient of 2.21, a gap of 0.27 from Alabama. BLS lists 1,610 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $36,030 per year, or $5,600 below Alabama.
• 3. Kansas has a location quotient of 2.04, a gap of 0.10 from Alabama. BLS lists 32,120 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $42,270 per year, or $640 above Alabama.
• 4. Alabama has a location quotient of 1.94, a gap of 0.00 from Alabama. BLS lists 45,050 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $41,630 per year, or $0 above Alabama.
• 5. Maryland has a location quotient of 1.81, a gap of 0.13 from Alabama. BLS lists 54,890 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $48,680 per year, or $7,050 above Alabama.
• 6. Puerto Rico has a location quotient of 1.73, a gap of 0.21 from Alabama. BLS lists 17,810 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $25,730 per year, or $15,900 below Alabama.
• 7. District of Columbia has a location quotient of 1.53, a gap of 0.41 from Alabama. BLS lists 11,800 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $59,910 per year, or $18,280 above Alabama.
• 8. Alaska has a location quotient of 1.51, a gap of 0.43 from Alabama. BLS lists 5,390 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $48,530 per year, or $6,900 above Alabama.

How common Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive is in Alabama

BLS lists 45,050 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs in Alabama. It also lists 21.31 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 1.94. A value of 1 means Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive beside other roles in Alabama

The all-occupations median in Alabama is $45,670 per year. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $41,630 per year. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive is 8.8% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Alabama. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, SOC 51-2090, has a Alabama median of $42,700 per year. BLS lists 53,280 jobs and a location quotient of 2.79.
• 2. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Alabama median of $43,630 per year. BLS lists 16,660 jobs and a location quotient of 0.8.
• 3. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Alabama median of $44,640 per year. BLS lists 19,890 jobs and a location quotient of 1.07.
• 4. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a Alabama median of $38,400 per year. BLS lists 33,290 jobs and a location quotient of 0.94.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Alabama median of $44,860 per year. BLS lists 25,020 jobs and a location quotient of 1.64.
• 6. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, SOC 35-1012, has a Alabama median of $37,110 per year. BLS lists 19,180 jobs and a location quotient of 1.15.
• 7. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, SOC 43-6013, has a Alabama median of $36,930 per year. BLS lists 16,580 jobs and a location quotient of 1.27.
• 8. Construction Laborers, SOC 47-2061, has a Alabama median of $36,900 per year. BLS lists 18,400 jobs and a location quotient of 1.23.

The largest detailed roles in Alabama

Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Alabama table, at 60,880 jobs. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has 45,050 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 2,113,660. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Retail Salespersons has 60,880 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 15,830 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $30,040 per year, or $11,590 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.15.
• 2. Registered Nurses has 54,340 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 9,290 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $77,080 per year, or $35,450 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 3. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has 53,280 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 8,230 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $42,700 per year, or $1,070 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 2.79.
• 4. Stockers and Order Fillers has 46,580 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 1,530 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $34,290 per year, or $7,340 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 5. Cashiers has 46,420 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 1,370 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $28,250 per year, or $13,380 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.11.
• 6. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 41,460 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 3,590 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $23,700 per year, or $17,930 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 0.79.
• 7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 36,650 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 8,400 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $52,120 per year, or $10,490 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.31.
• 8. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 36,140 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 8,910 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $36,670 per year, or $4,960 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 0.9.

Published role medians around Alabama

Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Alabama role table, at $122,540 per year. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has $41,630 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $45,670 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. Software Developers has a median of $122,540 per year in Alabama, or $80,910 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 17,450 jobs, compared with 45,050 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 0.76.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $111,790 per year in Alabama, or $70,160 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 30,170 jobs, compared with 45,050 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 0.63.
• 3. Registered Nurses has a median of $77,080 per year in Alabama, or $35,450 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 54,340 jobs, compared with 45,050 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 4. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $74,880 per year in Alabama, or $33,250 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 24,300 jobs, compared with 45,050 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.23.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $73,060 per year in Alabama, or $31,430 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 20,670 jobs, compared with 45,050 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 2.26.
• 6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $64,140 per year in Alabama, or $22,510 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 20,470 jobs, compared with 45,050 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.22.
• 7. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a median of $61,920 per year in Alabama, or $20,290 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 17,850 jobs, compared with 45,050 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 2.99.
• 8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $61,380 per year in Alabama, or $19,750 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 22,030 jobs, compared with 45,050 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.17.

Roles with the largest local share in Alabama

Cooks, Fast Food has the highest location quotient in the bounded Alabama role table, at 3.07. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has 1.94. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 3.07 in Alabama, a gap of 1.13 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 26,740 jobs and a median of $27,870 per year, or $13,760 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 2. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a location quotient of 2.99 in Alabama, a gap of 1.05 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 17,850 jobs and a median of $61,920 per year, or $20,290 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 3. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 2.79 in Alabama, a gap of 0.85 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 53,280 jobs and a median of $42,700 per year, or $1,070 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 4. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 2.26 in Alabama, a gap of 0.32 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 20,670 jobs and a median of $73,060 per year, or $31,430 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers has a location quotient of 1.64 in Alabama, a gap of 0.30 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 25,020 jobs and a median of $44,860 per year, or $3,230 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 6. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 1.46 in Alabama, a gap of 0.48 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 17,680 jobs and a median of $27,930 per year, or $13,700 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.31 in Alabama, a gap of 0.63 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 36,650 jobs and a median of $52,120 per year, or $10,490 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 8. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.28 in Alabama, a gap of 0.66 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 25,250 jobs and a median of $34,140 per year, or $7,490 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.

What $41,630 may mean after the Alabama price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Alabama is 88.8. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 11.2% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $41,630 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median by 88.8 divided by 100. The result is $46,868 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 61.8. Goods are 96.4. Utilities are 84.6. Other services are 96.7. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Alabama row

The employment RSE for this Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive row is 2.2%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 45,050 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $43,060 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Alabama wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. It uses a Alabama place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $41,630 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive row for Alabama does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 45,050 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.94 is not a growth score. Rank 46 of 54 is not a place score. The 88.8 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 43-6014 in BLS area 01. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.