How much do secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive make in Charleston-North Charleston, SC?

What the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median says in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median in Charleston-North Charleston, SC at $47,750 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 16700.

BLS lists 4,420 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 $47,380 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Charleston-North Charleston, SC's Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is 0.4% above 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 16700

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 43-6014 and area 16700. SOC 43-6014 names Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Area 16700 names Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 43-6014/16700 row has 4,420 wage and salary jobs. There are 11.21 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.02. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 43-6014/16700, the annual median is $47,750 per year, while the matching mean is $47,380 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 43-6014/16700 10th percentile: $30,280 per year.
• 43-6014/16700 25th percentile: $38,690 per year.
• 43-6014/16700 median: $47,750 per year.
• 43-6014/16700 75th percentile: $55,640 per year.
• 43-6014/16700 90th percentile: $62,820 per year.
• 43-6014/16700 employment RSE: 3.3%. Mean-wage RSE: 1.1%.
• 43-6014/16700 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 16700 facts behind this Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive page

Area 16700 reports 394,170 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $64,260. Its annual median is $49,150. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 43-6014 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Charleston-North Charleston, SC runs from $28,350 at the 10th percentile to $115,790 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,510. The median is $49,150. The 75th percentile is $77,460. 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 16700. They do not show related skills or a path into Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.

• 1. Retail Salespersons. Area: 16700. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 11,930. Yearly median: $34,090. Jobs per 1,000: 30.27. Location quotient: 1.21.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 16700. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 10,850. Yearly median: $28,500. Jobs per 1,000: 27.53. Location quotient: 1.11.
• 3. Registered Nurses. Area: 16700. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 9,760. Yearly median: $92,800. Jobs per 1,000: 24.77. Location quotient: 1.14.
• 4. Waiters and Waitresses. Area: 16700. SOC: 35-3031. Jobs: 9,580. Yearly median: $19,340. Jobs per 1,000: 24.31. Location quotient: 1.66.
• 5. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Area: 16700. SOC: 53-7062. Jobs: 8,100. Yearly median: $38,090. Jobs per 1,000: 20.56. Location quotient: 1.08.
• 6. Cashiers. Area: 16700. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 7,960. Yearly median: $30,130. Jobs per 1,000: 20.19. Location quotient: 1.02.

Read the Charleston-North Charleston, SC wage ladder for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

The 10th percentile is $30,280 per year. The 25th percentile is $38,690 per year. The median is $47,750 per year. The 75th percentile is $55,640 per year. The 90th percentile is $62,820 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 $38,690 per year to $55,640 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $32,540. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Charleston-North Charleston, SC with its state and the U.S.

Charleston-North Charleston, SC has a annual median of $47,750 per year. South Carolina has $44,880 per year. The U.S. row has $47,540 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 6.4% above South Carolina on the same published median. Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 0.4% above 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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC sits for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

Charleston-North Charleston, SC ranks 110 of 392 among metro areas 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 110 of 392 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.

• 107. Lewiston, ID-WA. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $47,820 per year. BLS estimates 240 jobs. The location quotient is 0.75.
• 108. Lexington-Fayette, KY. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $47,790 per year. BLS estimates 2,500 jobs. The location quotient is 0.8.
• 109. Omaha, NE-IA. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $47,760 per year. BLS estimates 7,090 jobs. The location quotient is 1.3.
• 111. Duluth, MN-WI. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $47,740 per year. BLS estimates 1,220 jobs. The location quotient is 0.89.
• 112. State College, PA. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $47,700 per year. BLS estimates 1,140 jobs. The location quotient is 1.51.
• 113. Helena, MT. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $47,670 per year. BLS estimates 480 jobs. The location quotient is 0.98.

Where Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 43-6014, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. New Haven, CT has the highest published median in this set, at $63,800 per year. Charleston-North Charleston, SC sits at $47,750 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. New Haven, CT has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $63,800 per year, or $16,050 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 4,780 jobs there, compared with 4,420 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 1.55.
• 2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $62,940 per year, or $15,190 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 7,970 jobs there, compared with 4,420 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 0.64.
• 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $62,110 per year, or $14,360 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 20,270 jobs there, compared with 4,420 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 0.78.
• 4. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $60,230 per year, or $12,480 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 15,780 jobs there, compared with 4,420 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 0.69.
• 5. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $59,510 per year, or $11,760 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 830 jobs there, compared with 4,420 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 0.81.
• 6. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $59,330 per year, or $11,580 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 28,540 jobs there, compared with 4,420 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 0.96.
• 7. Napa, CA has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $58,810 per year, or $11,060 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 630 jobs there, compared with 4,420 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 0.74.
• 8. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $57,720 per year, or $9,970 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 2,150 jobs there, compared with 4,420 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 0.95.

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

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in this same-source set, at 122,680 jobs. Charleston-North Charleston, SC has 4,420. 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. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 122,680 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 118,260 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $51,440 per year, or $3,690 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 58,800 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 54,380 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $53,550 per year, or $5,800 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 0.85.
• 3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 50,190 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 45,770 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $50,440 per year, or $2,690 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 1.01.
• 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 37,550 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 33,130 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $47,450 per year, or $300 below Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 0.84.
• 5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 37,010 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 32,590 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $53,660 per year, or $5,910 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 1.08.
• 6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 33,710 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 29,290 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $46,750 per year, or $1,000 below Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 0.93.
• 7. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 33,380 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 28,960 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $47,450 per year, or $300 below Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 1.08.
• 8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 32,850 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 28,430 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $48,850 per year, or $1,100 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 1.03.

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

Santa Fe, NM has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 3.55. Charleston-North Charleston, SC has 1.02. 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. Santa Fe, NM has a location quotient of 3.55, a gap of 2.53 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 2,410 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $50,170 per year, or $2,420 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
• 2. Carson City, NV has a location quotient of 2.73, a gap of 1.71 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 960 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $49,270 per year, or $1,520 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
• 3. Las Cruces, NM has a location quotient of 2.69, a gap of 1.67 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 2,360 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $41,030 per year, or $6,720 below Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
• 4. Albuquerque, NM has a location quotient of 2.48, a gap of 1.46 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 11,020 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $46,950 per year, or $800 below Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
• 5. Farmington, NM has a location quotient of 2.39, a gap of 1.37 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 1,250 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $45,860 per year, or $1,890 below Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
• 6. Topeka, KS has a location quotient of 2.29, a gap of 1.27 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 2,920 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $39,500 per year, or $8,250 below Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
• 7. Montgomery, AL has a location quotient of 2.24, a gap of 1.22 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 4,060 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $40,260 per year, or $7,490 below Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
• 8. Lawrence, KS has a location quotient of 2.16, a gap of 1.14 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 1,230 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $42,630 per year, or $5,120 below Charleston-North Charleston, SC.

How common Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive is in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

BLS lists 4,420 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. It also lists 11.21 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 1.02. 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 the same 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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC

The all-occupations median in Charleston-North Charleston, SC is $49,150 per year. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $47,750 per year. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive is 2.8% 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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC. 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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $48,180 per year. BLS lists 5,370 jobs and a location quotient of 1.51.
• 2. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $48,540 per year. BLS lists 4,460 jobs and a location quotient of 1.15.
• 3. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $49,690 per year. BLS lists 3,010 jobs and a location quotient of 1.06.
• 4. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $50,400 per year. BLS lists 3,350 jobs and a location quotient of 0.96.
• 5. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, SOC 43-6013, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $44,640 per year. BLS lists 3,040 jobs and a location quotient of 1.25.
• 6. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $44,000 per year. BLS lists 7,940 jobs and a location quotient of 1.21.
• 7. Construction Laborers, SOC 47-2061, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $43,630 per year. BLS lists 3,710 jobs and a location quotient of 1.33.
• 8. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, SOC 35-1012, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $43,620 per year. BLS lists 3,960 jobs and a location quotient of 1.28.

The largest detailed roles in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Charleston-North Charleston, SC table, at 11,930 jobs. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has 4,420 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 394,170. 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 11,930 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 7,510 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $34,090 per year, or $13,660 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 10,850 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 6,430 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $28,500 per year, or $19,250 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.11.
• 3. Registered Nurses has 9,760 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 5,340 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $92,800 per year, or $45,050 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.14.
• 4. Waiters and Waitresses has 9,580 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 5,160 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $19,340 per year, or $28,410 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.66.
• 5. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 8,100 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 3,680 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $38,090 per year, or $9,660 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.08.
• 6. Cashiers has 7,960 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 3,540 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $30,130 per year, or $17,620 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 7. Customer Service Representatives has 7,940 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 3,520 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $44,000 per year, or $3,750 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 8. Office Clerks, General has 6,890 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 2,470 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $39,250 per year, or $8,500 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.1.

Published role medians around Charleston-North Charleston, SC

General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Charleston-North Charleston, SC role table, at $109,260 per year. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has $47,750 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $49,150 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. General and Operations Managers has a median of $109,260 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $61,510 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 6,000 jobs, compared with 4,420 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 0.68.
• 2. Project Management Specialists has a median of $94,730 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $46,980 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 3,510 jobs, compared with 4,420 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.3.
• 3. Registered Nurses has a median of $92,800 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $45,050 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 9,760 jobs, compared with 4,420 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.14.
• 4. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $79,110 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $31,360 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 3,680 jobs, compared with 4,420 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.34.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $65,910 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $18,160 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 4,650 jobs, compared with 4,420 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.28.
• 6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $64,120 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $16,370 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 3,170 jobs, compared with 4,420 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.01.
• 7. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a median of $62,600 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $14,850 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 4,290 jobs, compared with 4,420 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.35.
• 8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $61,020 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $13,270 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 4,670 jobs, compared with 4,420 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.33.

Roles with the largest local share in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

Cooks, Restaurant has the highest location quotient in the bounded Charleston-North Charleston, SC role table, at 1.69. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has 1.02. 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, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.69 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.67 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 6,040 jobs and a median of $36,710 per year, or $11,040 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 2. Waiters and Waitresses has a location quotient of 1.66 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.64 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 9,580 jobs and a median of $19,340 per year, or $28,410 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 3. Bartenders has a location quotient of 1.62 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.60 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 3,110 jobs and a median of $19,630 per year, or $28,120 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 4. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.51 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.49 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 5,370 jobs and a median of $48,180 per year, or $430 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 5. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a location quotient of 1.35 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.33 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 4,290 jobs and a median of $62,600 per year, or $14,850 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 6. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a location quotient of 1.34 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.32 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 3,680 jobs and a median of $79,110 per year, or $31,360 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 7. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 1.33 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.31 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 3,710 jobs and a median of $43,630 per year, or $4,120 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a location quotient of 1.33 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.31 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 4,670 jobs and a median of $61,020 per year, or $13,270 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.

What $47,750 may mean after the Charleston-North Charleston, SC price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 101.0. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 1.0% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $47,750 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median by 101.0 divided by 100. The result is $47,295 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 119.8. Goods are 96.3. Utilities are 88.2. Other services are 98.3. 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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC row

The employment RSE for this Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive row is 3.3%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.1%. 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 4,420 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $47,380 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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 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 $47,750 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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 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 4,420 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.02 is not a growth score. Rank 110 of 392 is not a place score. The 101.0 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 16700. 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.