How much do Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive make in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL?

Percentile spread

For Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, the published 10th percentile is $29,820 and the 90th percentile is $48,960. The difference is $19,140, which is 51.1% 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 $31,600 to the 75th at $42,020, covers $10,420.

The mean annual wage is $39,120, which sits above the median of $37,480. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Cape Girardeau, MO-IL median is 21.2% lower than the national median of $47,540 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,542, which is 8.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 13.9% lower than the Missouri median of $43,540.

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Missouri, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL is 86.078, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,480 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive at $43,542 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL ranks 16th of 17 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).).

• Paducah, KY-IL is 60 miles away, with a median of $41,820 and employment of 410. That median is 11.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,580, against $43,542 here.
• St. Louis, MO-IL is 103 miles away, with a median of $46,200 and employment of 15,000. That median is 23.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,587, against $43,542 here.
• Jackson, TN is 119 miles away, with a median of $40,720 and employment of 850. That median is 8.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,613, against $43,542 here.

Employment share

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive accounts for 1.1% of wage-and-salary employment in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL (500 of 44,680). Nationally the occupation is 1.1% of employment (1,706,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.02 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.