How much do Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants make in Saginaw, MI?

Percentile spread

For Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $36,860 and the 90th percentile is $60,840. The difference is $23,980, which is 52.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $36,860 to the 75th at $54,590, covers $17,730.

The mean annual wage is $47,650, which sits above the median of $45,770. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Saginaw, MI median is 17.6% lower than the national median of $55,570 for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,357, which is 9.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 19.5% lower than the Michigan median of $56,870.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Saginaw, MI is 90.891, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,770 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants at $50,357 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

14 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants. Saginaw, MI ranks 14th of 15 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Flint, MI is 28 miles away, with a median of $50,850 and employment of 60. That median is 11.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,657, against $50,357 here.
• Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 51 miles away, with a median of $56,510 and employment of 300. That median is 23.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,490, against $50,357 here.
• Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 60 miles away, with a median of $64,480 and employment of 1,860. That median is 40.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,288, against $50,357 here.

Employment share

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in Saginaw, MI (130 of 80,000). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (156,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.62 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.