SALARY · SECRETARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS, EXCEPT LEGAL, MEDICAL, AND EXECUTIVE · RHODE ISLAND

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive salary in Rhode Island

If Rhode Island is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive was $52,140. That one figure will not decide a move on its own, but it sets the range for everything else, from housing to how much you can save.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$52,140

$25 per hour at the median · That is $4,600 (9.7 percent) above the national median of $47,540 for this occupation.

$53,790Mean annual salary
$26Mean hourly wage
$5,200People employed in this job in Rhode Island

Salary range

25th: $44,770Median: $52,14075th: $61,630
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$44,770
Median (50th percentile)$52,140
75th percentile$61,630
Mean$53,790

The middle half of workers earned from $44,770 to $61,630 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$42,736 a year
$3,561 a month
Federal tax $4,077 · FICA $3,989 · State tax $1,338
Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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