Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands
$47,460avg. a year
$22.82 an hour · 33,710 employed
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area earn an average of $47,460 a year. That is $1,610 (4%) more than the Texas average of $45,850. The U.S. average is $49,350.
$46,750Median pay
$22.82Average hourly
+4%vs. Texas average
33,710Jobs in this metro
Other Texas metro areas
Average pay for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in other Texas metro areas. Swipe to see all 25.
11,400 jobs
Midland, TX
$49,250
$23.68 an hour
213,870 jobs
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
$48,920
$23.52 an hour
337,550 jobs
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
$48,260
$23.20 an hour
4920 jobs
Odessa, TX
$45,500
$21.87 an hour
512,260 jobs
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
$44,450
$21.37 an hour
61,470 jobs
Waco, TX
$44,260
$21.28 an hour
71,980 jobs
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
$43,940
$21.13 an hour
82,150 jobs
Corpus Christi, TX
$43,930
$21.12 an hour
9530 jobs
Sherman-Denison, TX
$43,820
$21.07 an hour
101,560 jobs
Killeen-Temple, TX
$43,770
$21.04 an hour
11440 jobs
Victoria, TX
$43,140
$20.74 an hour
121,410 jobs
Longview, TX
$42,700
$20.53 an hour
131,220 jobs
Tyler, TX
$42,630
$20.49 an hour
141,430 jobs
College Station-Bryan, TX
$41,860
$20.13 an hour
15900 jobs
Abilene, TX
$41,610
$20.01 an hour
16570 jobs
San Angelo, TX
$41,600
$20.00 an hour
171,910 jobs
Lubbock, TX
$41,560
$19.98 an hour
181,410 jobs
Amarillo, TX
$41,300
$19.86 an hour
191,760 jobs
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
$40,710
$19.57 an hour
203,720 jobs
El Paso, TX
$40,690
$19.56 an hour
21730 jobs
Wichita Falls, TX
$40,470
$19.46 an hour
223,180 jobs
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
$40,140
$19.30 an hour
23670 jobs
Texarkana, TX-AR
$39,770
$19.12 an hour
241,310 jobs
Laredo, TX
$38,730
$18.62 an hour
25230 jobs
Eagle Pass, TX
$38,340
$18.43 an hour
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How Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands compares
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Questions and answers
How much do secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands?
The average is $47,460 a year, and the median is $46,750. About 33,710 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Texas average?
That is $1,610 (4%) more than the Texas average of $45,850.
Is this job common in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands?
It makes up 10.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 0.93 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 43-6014. Metro area: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 26420). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.