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Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

According to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the median annual wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is $47,130. BLS estimates approximately 1,770 people work in this occupation in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is 0.9% below the national median ($47,540).

Median salary
$47,130
Average salary
$47,980
Median hourly
$22.66
Employment
1,770

Salary Distribution

Not everyone earns the median. Percentile wages show the range of pay within this occupation.

PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$36,120$17.36
25th percentile$41,820$20.11
Median (50th)$47,130$22.66
75th percentile$52,920$25.44
90th percentile$61,380$29.51

Data Reliability

BLS OEWS is a survey, not a full census — every estimate carries a margin of error. The relative standard error (RSE) below is BLS’s own measure of how much an estimate could vary; lower is more precise.

Wage estimate
RSE 0.9% — Very reliable
Employment estimate
RSE 5.2% — Reliable

Where Does Your Salary Fall?

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Concentration

Jobs per 1,000
10.421
Location quotient
0.95

Cost-of-Living Adjusted Salary

Fort Collins-Loveland, CO’s regional price level is above the national average (index 101.128, where 100 = U.S. average). Adjusted for that, the median salary has the purchasing power of $46,604 at the national price level.

This is a Career Atlas USA calculation based on BLS wage data and BEA Regional Price Parities. It is not a separate BLS wage estimate. Wage data: May 2025. Cost-of-living data: 2024.

Sources

Wage data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)May 2025 (release 25).

Figures shown as “Not available” reflect wages the source does not publish (e.g. suppressed for reliability), not zero.

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