How much do secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive make in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL?

What the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median says in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL at $38,850 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 22520.

BLS lists 1,160 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 $40,630 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL's Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is 18.3% 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 22520

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 43-6014 and area 22520. SOC 43-6014 names Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Area 22520 names Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 43-6014/22520 row has 1,160 wage and salary jobs. There are 20.75 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.89. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 43-6014/22520, the annual median is $38,850 per year, while the matching mean is $40,630 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 43-6014/22520 10th percentile: $27,490 per year.
• 43-6014/22520 25th percentile: $32,370 per year.
• 43-6014/22520 median: $38,850 per year.
• 43-6014/22520 75th percentile: $47,840 per year.
• 43-6014/22520 90th percentile: $56,610 per year.
• 43-6014/22520 employment RSE: 2.5%. Mean-wage RSE: 1%.
• 43-6014/22520 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 22520 facts behind this Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive page

Area 22520 reports 56,100 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $50,400. Its annual median is $39,740. The employment RSE is 0.1%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.6%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 43-6014 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL runs from $23,060 at the 10th percentile to $83,050 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $29,530. The median is $39,740. The 75th percentile is $60,290. 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 22520. They do not show related skills or a path into Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.

• 1. Retail Salespersons. Area: 22520. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 2,080. Yearly median: $28,980. Jobs per 1,000: 37.16. Location quotient: 1.48.
• 2. Cashiers. Area: 22520. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 1,580. Yearly median: $27,310. Jobs per 1,000: 28.11. Location quotient: 1.41.
• 3. Registered Nurses. Area: 22520. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 1,320. Yearly median: $66,360. Jobs per 1,000: 23.52. Location quotient: 1.08.
• 4. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 22520. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 1,310. Yearly median: $22,590. Jobs per 1,000: 23.32. Location quotient: 0.94.
• 5. Stockers and Order Fillers. Area: 22520. SOC: 53-7065. Jobs: 1,190. Yearly median: $30,570. Jobs per 1,000: 21.17. Location quotient: 1.16.
• 6. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Area: 22520. SOC: 53-7062. Jobs: 1,130. Yearly median: $36,370. Jobs per 1,000: 20.09. Location quotient: 1.06.

Read the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL wage ladder for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

The 10th percentile is $27,490 per year. The 25th percentile is $32,370 per year. The median is $38,850 per year. The 75th percentile is $47,840 per year. The 90th percentile is $56,610 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 $32,370 per year to $47,840 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $29,120. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL with its state and the U.S.

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL has a annual median of $38,850 per year. Alabama has $41,630 per year. The U.S. row has $47,540 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 6.7% below Alabama on the same published median. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 18.3% 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL sits for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL ranks 349 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 349 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.

• 346. Altoona, PA. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $39,010 per year. BLS estimates 640 jobs. The location quotient is 0.99.
• 347. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $39,010 per year. BLS estimates 3,180 jobs. The location quotient is 0.98.
• 348. Gadsden, AL. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $38,860 per year. BLS estimates 670 jobs. The location quotient is 1.83.
• 350. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $38,850 per year. BLS estimates 2,160 jobs. The location quotient is 0.55.
• 351. Homosassa Springs, FL. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $38,840 per year. BLS estimates 400 jobs. The location quotient is 1.02.
• 352. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $38,800 per year. BLS estimates 1,760 jobs. The location quotient is 1.02.

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. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL sits at $38,850 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 $24,950 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 4,780 jobs there, compared with 1,160 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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 $24,090 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 7,970 jobs there, compared with 1,160 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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 $23,260 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 20,270 jobs there, compared with 1,160 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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 $21,380 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 15,780 jobs there, compared with 1,160 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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 $20,660 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 830 jobs there, compared with 1,160 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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 $20,480 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 28,540 jobs there, compared with 1,160 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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 $19,960 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 630 jobs there, compared with 1,160 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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 $18,870 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 2,150 jobs there, compared with 1,160 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL has 1,160. 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 121,520 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $51,440 per year, or $12,590 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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 57,640 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $53,550 per year, or $14,700 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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 49,030 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $50,440 per year, or $11,590 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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 36,390 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $47,450 per year, or $8,600 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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 35,850 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $53,660 per year, or $14,810 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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 32,550 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $46,750 per year, or $7,900 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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 32,220 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $47,450 per year, or $8,600 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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 31,690 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $48,850 per year, or $10,000 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL has 1.89. 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 1.66 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 2,410 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $50,170 per year, or $11,320 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
• 2. Carson City, NV has a location quotient of 2.73, a gap of 0.84 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 960 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $49,270 per year, or $10,420 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
• 3. Las Cruces, NM has a location quotient of 2.69, a gap of 0.80 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 2,360 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $41,030 per year, or $2,180 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
• 4. Albuquerque, NM has a location quotient of 2.48, a gap of 0.59 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 11,020 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $46,950 per year, or $8,100 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
• 5. Farmington, NM has a location quotient of 2.39, a gap of 0.50 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 1,250 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $45,860 per year, or $7,010 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
• 6. Topeka, KS has a location quotient of 2.29, a gap of 0.40 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 2,920 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $39,500 per year, or $650 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
• 7. Montgomery, AL has a location quotient of 2.24, a gap of 0.35 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 4,060 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $40,260 per year, or $1,410 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
• 8. Lawrence, KS has a location quotient of 2.16, a gap of 0.27 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 1,230 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $42,630 per year, or $3,780 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.

How common Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive is in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

BLS lists 1,160 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. It also lists 20.75 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 1.89. 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

The all-occupations median in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is $39,740 per year. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $38,850 per year. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive is 2.2% 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. 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. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $38,810 per year. BLS lists 580 jobs and a location quotient of 1.17.
• 2. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $37,520 per year. BLS lists 650 jobs and a location quotient of 0.69.
• 3. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $36,370 per year. BLS lists 1,130 jobs and a location quotient of 1.06.
• 4. Construction Laborers, SOC 47-2061, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $36,260 per year. BLS lists 560 jobs and a location quotient of 1.42.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, SOC 35-1012, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $35,630 per year. BLS lists 610 jobs and a location quotient of 1.39.
• 6. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, SOC 43-6013, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $35,470 per year. BLS lists 590 jobs and a location quotient of 1.69.
• 7. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, SOC 51-2090, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $34,740 per year. BLS lists 610 jobs and a location quotient of 1.2.
• 8. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $43,960 per year. BLS lists 830 jobs and a location quotient of 2.04.

The largest detailed roles in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL table, at 2,080 jobs. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has 1,160 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 56,100. 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 2,080 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 920 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $28,980 per year, or $9,870 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.48.
• 2. Cashiers has 1,580 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 420 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $27,310 per year, or $11,540 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.41.
• 3. Registered Nurses has 1,320 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 160 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $66,360 per year, or $27,510 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.08.
• 4. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 1,310 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 150 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $22,590 per year, or $16,260 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 0.94.
• 5. Stockers and Order Fillers has 1,190 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 30 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $30,570 per year, or $8,280 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.16.
• 6. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 1,130 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 30 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $36,370 per year, or $2,480 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.06.
• 7. Waiters and Waitresses has 1,100 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 60 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $25,990 per year, or $12,860 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.34.
• 8. Cooks, Fast Food has 900 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 260 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $26,820 per year, or $12,030 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 3.87.

Published role medians around Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL role table, at $97,600 per year. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has $38,850 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $39,740 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 $97,600 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $58,750 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 740 jobs, compared with 1,160 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 0.59.
• 2. Registered Nurses has a median of $66,360 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $27,510 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 1,320 jobs, compared with 1,160 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.08.
• 3. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $62,760 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $23,910 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 670 jobs, compared with 1,160 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 2.74.
• 4. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $62,080 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $23,230 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 620 jobs, compared with 1,160 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.62.
• 5. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $61,490 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $22,640 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 580 jobs, compared with 1,160 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.3.
• 6. Electricians has a median of $59,770 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $20,920 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 570 jobs, compared with 1,160 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 2.08.
• 7. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a median of $59,370 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $20,520 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 580 jobs, compared with 1,160 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 3.64.
• 8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $48,140 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $9,290 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 830 jobs, compared with 1,160 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.12.

Roles with the largest local share in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary has the highest location quotient in the bounded Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL role table, at 9.19. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has 1.89. 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. Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary has a location quotient of 9.19 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 7.30 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 540 jobs and a median of $19,550 per year, or $19,300 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 2. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 3.87 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 1.98 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 900 jobs and a median of $26,820 per year, or $12,030 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 3. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a location quotient of 3.64 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 1.75 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 580 jobs and a median of $59,370 per year, or $20,520 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 4. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 2.74 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 0.85 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 670 jobs and a median of $62,760 per year, or $23,910 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 5. Electricians has a location quotient of 2.08 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 0.19 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 570 jobs and a median of $59,770 per year, or $20,920 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 6. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers has a location quotient of 2.04 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 0.15 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 830 jobs and a median of $43,960 per year, or $5,110 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 7. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 1.69 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 0.20 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 590 jobs and a median of $35,470 per year, or $3,380 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 8. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 1.67 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 0.22 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 540 jobs and a median of $27,410 per year, or $11,440 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.

What $38,850 may mean after the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 84.8. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 15.2% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $38,850 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median by 84.8 divided by 100. The result is $45,804 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 47.7. Goods are 96.4. Utilities are 85.8. 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL row

The employment RSE for this Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive row is 2.5%. The mean-wage RSE is 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 1,160 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $40,630 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 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 $38,850 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 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 1,160 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.89 is not a growth score. Rank 349 of 392 is not a place score. The 84.8 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 22520. 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.