What Is the Normal Salary for a Full-Time Church Secretary?
Secretaries, also known as administrative assistants, provide administrative support in offices by answering the phones, keeping the office supplies stocked and organizing files and paperwork as necessary. Some churches employ full-time secretaries to keep the church office running smoothly so the ministry can focus on helping its congregants.
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Secretary Salary
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Most churches employ a regular secretary, with 13,810 of 18,310 administrative assistants at religious organizations being regular secretaries. In 2010, the mean or average salary for secretaries working at religious organizations like churches was $28,710 per year or $13.80 hourly. The median or 50th percentile income was $28,020 per year or $13.47 an hour according, to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Secretary Salary Comparisons
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In 2010, regular secretaries in the United States earned between $19,690 and $46,430 per year. The national average salary was $32,000 per year or $15.38 an hour. The most common industry for secretaries that year was elementary and secondary schools, with a mean annual income of $32,790. Secretaries who worked at churches ranked in the second quartile, or 25th to 50th percentile, range of national salaries that year, according to the BLS.
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Executive Secretary Salary
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Almost one-quarter of the secretaries working at churches were executive secretaries. Executive secretaries are more likely to be found at bigger churches with more than a few people on staff as executive secretaries focus on providing administrative support directly to the head of the church. In 2010, the average salary for an executive secretary at a religious organization like a church was $42,380 per year or $20.37 an hour, says the BLS.
Executive Secretary Salary Comparisons
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Executive secretaries of all kinds earned between $28,740 and $67,000 per year in 2010 with the national average at $45,860 a year or $22.05 per hour. Executive secretaries who worked at churches that year ranked just shy of the 50th percentile, placing them in the second quartile, or 25th to 50th percentile, range of national salaries that year, according to BLS reports.
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References
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: May 2010 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 813100 - Religious Organizations
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2010 43-6011 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2010 43-6014 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
