SOC 43-6012 · Area 18580 · May 2025
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Corpus Christi, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $36,340 | $17.47 |
| 25th percentile | $37,620 | $18.09 |
| Median | $42,890 | $20.62 |
| 75th percentile | $58,980 | $28.36 |
| 90th percentile | $76,630 | $36.84 |
| Average | $49,910 | $24.00 |
A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.
Estimated employment: 130. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
What these figures tell you
The middle half of annual wages runs from $37,620 to $58,980 in 2025, a span of $21,360.
The area median is $3,050 (6.6%) below Texas's $45,940 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 28 other published areas
- This area's median is $6,340 (17.3%) above the $36,550 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $4,570 (11.9%) above the $38,320 median in Eagle Pass, TX.
- This area's median is $900 (2.1%) above the $41,990 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
- This area's median is $200 (0.5%) above the $42,690 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $1,850 (4.1%) below the $44,740 median in Laredo, TX.
- This area's median is $2,080 (4.6%) below the $44,970 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $2,210 (4.9%) below the $45,100 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $2,260 (5.0%) below the $45,150 median in Odessa, TX.
- This area's median is $2,520 (5.5%) below the $45,410 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $2,820 (6.2%) below the $45,710 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $3,260 (7.1%) below the $46,150 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $3,370 (7.3%) below the $46,260 median in San Angelo, TX.
- This area's median is $3,480 (7.5%) below the $46,370 median in Abilene, TX.
- This area's median is $3,560 (7.7%) below the $46,450 median in Lubbock, TX.
- This area's median is $3,620 (7.8%) below the $46,510 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $3,760 (8.1%) below the $46,650 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $3,830 (8.2%) below the $46,720 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $4,360 (9.2%) below the $47,250 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $4,740 (10.0%) below the $47,630 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $4,970 (10.4%) below the $47,860 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $5,040 (10.5%) below the $47,930 median in Waco, TX.
- This area's median is $5,080 (10.6%) below the $47,970 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $5,620 (11.6%) below the $48,510 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $5,900 (12.1%) below the $48,790 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $6,310 (12.8%) below the $49,200 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $6,960 (14.0%) below the $49,850 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $13,050 (23.3%) below the $55,940 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $17,180 (28.6%) below the $60,070 median in Midland, TX.
An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.
Which counties share this estimate?
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