SOC 43-6014 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive make in Laredo, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Laredo, TX is $37,080. The 10th percentile is $25,770 and the 90th percentile is $53,600. Employment is 1,310.

Median annual wage

$37,080

10th percentile
$25,770
25th percentile
$30,300
Median
$37,080
75th percentile
$46,120
90th percentile
$53,600
Mean
$38,730

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Paramedics in an ambulance. Photograph by Jim Legans, Jr.. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, the published 10th percentile is $25,770 and the 90th percentile is $53,600. The difference is $27,830, which is 75.1% 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 $30,300 to the 75th at $46,120, covers $15,820.

The mean annual wage is $38,730, which sits above the median of $37,080. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Laredo, TX median is 22% 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 $42,642, which is 10.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 17.9% lower than the Texas median of $45,140.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Laredo, TX is 86.956, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,080 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive at $42,642 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Laredo, TX ranks 6th of 7 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).).

  • Eagle Pass, TX is 90 miles away, with a median of $36,310 and employment of 230. That median is 2.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,327, against $42,642 here.
  • McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX is 118 miles away, with a median of $39,010 and employment of 3,180. That median is 5.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,416, against $42,642 here.
  • Corpus Christi, TX is 119 miles away, with a median of $42,700 and employment of 2,150. That median is 15.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,077, against $42,642 here.

Employment share

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive accounts for 1.2% of wage-and-salary employment in Laredo, TX (1,310 of 109,370). Nationally the occupation is 1.1% of employment (1,706,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.09 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive make in Laredo, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Laredo, TX is $37,080. The 10th percentile is $25,770 and the 90th percentile is $53,600. Employment is 1,310.

How does that compare with the national median for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive?

The local median is 22% lower than the national median of $47,540.

What is Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive pay in Laredo, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Laredo, TX is 86.956, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $37,080 is $42,642. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Laredo, TX compare with nearby metros for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive?

Eagle Pass, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 90 miles away, at $36,310. Laredo, TX ranks 6th of 7 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.