How much do Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive make in Lewiston, ID-WA?

Percentile spread

For Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, the published 10th percentile is $35,600 and the 90th percentile is $60,140. The difference is $24,540, which is 51.3% 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 $39,020 to the 75th at $54,420, covers $15,400.

The mean annual wage is $47,540, which sits below the median of $47,820. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lewiston, ID-WA median is 0.6% higher 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 $52,457, which is 10.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.4% higher than the Idaho median of $43,710.

Lewiston, ID-WA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Idaho, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lewiston, ID-WA is 91.160, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,820 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive at $52,457 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Lewiston, ID-WA ranks 6th of 8 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).).

• Walla Walla, WA is 74 miles away, with a median of $51,640 and employment of 290. That median is 8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,416, against $52,457 here.
• Coeur d'Alene, ID is 99 miles away, with a median of $46,580 and employment of 610. That median is 2.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,389, against $52,457 here.
• Kennewick-Richland, WA is 111 miles away, with a median of $53,140 and employment of 1,450. That median is 11.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,098, against $52,457 here.

Employment share

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive accounts for 0.84% of wage-and-salary employment in Lewiston, ID-WA (240 of 28,680). Nationally the occupation is 1.1% of employment (1,706,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.76 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.