How much do Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive make in Fond du Lac, WI?

Percentile spread

For Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, the published 10th percentile is $36,480 and the 90th percentile is $58,060. The difference is $21,580, which is 47.0% 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 $39,920 to the 75th at $51,170, covers $11,250.

The mean annual wage is $46,030, which sits above the median of $45,900. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Fond du Lac, WI median is 3.4% 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 $50,086, which is 5.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.8% lower than the Wisconsin median of $47,710.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Fond du Lac, WI is 91.643, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,900 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive at $50,086 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Fond du Lac, WI ranks 16th of 28 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).).

• Oshkosh-Neenah, WI is 24 miles away, with a median of $47,090 and employment of 790. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,673, against $50,086 here.
• Appleton, WI is 38 miles away, with a median of $47,940 and employment of 1,180. That median is 4.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,872, against $50,086 here.
• Sheboygan, WI is 38 miles away, with a median of $47,560 and employment of 480. That median is 3.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,588, against $50,086 here.

Employment share

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive accounts for 0.84% of wage-and-salary employment in Fond du Lac, WI (370 of 43,900). Nationally the occupation is 1.1% of employment (1,706,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.77 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.