How much do Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive make in Sumter, SC?

Percentile spread

For Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, the published 10th percentile is $24,590 and the 90th percentile is $59,020. The difference is $34,430, which is 85.6% 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 $33,170 to the 75th at $49,700, covers $16,530.

The mean annual wage is $41,270, which sits above the median of $40,210. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sumter, SC median is 15.4% 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 $45,683, which is 3.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.4% lower than the South Carolina median of $44,880.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sumter, SC is 88.020, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $40,210 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive at $45,683 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. Sumter, SC ranks 22nd 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).).

• Florence, SC is 37 miles away, with a median of $42,150 and employment of 1,050. That median is 4.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,574, against $45,683 here.
• Columbia, SC is 39 miles away, with a median of $45,620 and employment of 6,610. That median is 13.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,707, against $45,683 here.
• Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 66 miles away, with a median of $47,750 and employment of 4,420. That median is 18.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,295, against $45,683 here.

Employment share

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive accounts for 1.2% of wage-and-salary employment in Sumter, SC (410 of 34,560). Nationally the occupation is 1.1% of employment (1,706,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.08 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.