What are the main factors that influence an Admissions Secretary's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

What industry pays the highest salary for Admissions Secretary?

The Aerospace & Defense industry offers the highest average compensation for Admissions Secretary roles, with salaries approximately 10% above the market median.

How does experience change An Admissions Secretary's salary?

An Admissions Secretary's salary grows with experience: starting around $38,394 for beginners, reaching about $40,062 at mid-level, and approach $41,763 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Admissions Secretary?

Admissions Secretary salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Admissions Secretary roles are District of Columbia $49,636, California $49,448, Massachusetts $48,789. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Admissions Secretary roles make?

Salaries for Admissions Secretary level roles vary by specialization: Corporate Secretary: $218,706; Secretary: $209,439; Admissions Director: $105,611; Secretary IV: $74,090; Admissions Manager: $65,813.

Admissions Secretary Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Admissions Secretary make in South Dakota? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for an Admissions Secretary in South Dakota is $40,742 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $20.

However, an Admissions Secretary's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $50,101
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $36,764 to $45,641
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $33,142

10% $33,142

50% (Median) $40,742

90% $50,101

Admissions Secretary Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$45,641	$3,803	$878	$22
Average	$40,742	$3,395	$784	$20
25th Percentile	$36,764	$3,064	$707	$18

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Key Factors That Influence Admissions Secretary Salaries

An Admissions Secretary's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Admissions Secretary Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Admissions Secretary's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $38,394
Early Career (1-2 years): $38,695
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $40,062
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $41,422
Expert (over 8 years): $41,763

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level Admissions Secretary	less than 1 year	$38,394
Early Career Level Admissions Secretary	1-2 years	$38,695
Mid-Level Level Admissions Secretary	2-4 years	$40,062
Senior-Level Level Admissions Secretary	5-8 years	$41,422
Expert Level Admissions Secretary	over 8 years	$41,763

How Do Admissions Secretary Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Admissions Secretaries. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $49,636.
California: $49,448.
Massachusetts: $48,789.

District of Columbia $49,636 California $49,448 Massachusetts $48,789 Washington $48,610 New Jersey $48,592 Alaska $48,529 Connecticut $47,910 New York $47,659

Hawaii $46,857 Rhode Island $46,480 Maryland $46,225 Minnesota $45,875 Colorado $45,741 Illinois $45,696 Oregon $45,525 Delaware $45,400

New Hampshire $45,321 Virginia $45,144 Pennsylvania $44,629 Nevada $44,369 North Dakota $44,284 Michigan $44,149 Wisconsin $44,100 Vermont $44,001

Texas $43,728 Maine $43,710 Arizona $43,683 Ohio $43,652 Georgia $43,239 Indiana $43,033 Wyoming $42,993 Utah $42,930

Iowa $42,903 Kansas $42,688 Louisiana $42,625 North Carolina $42,603 Missouri $42,594 Florida $42,419 Montana $42,325 Nebraska $42,235

Kentucky $42,186 South Carolina $42,006 Tennessee $41,894 Idaho $41,849 New Mexico $41,522 Oklahoma $41,450 Alabama $41,186 South Dakota $40,742

Arkansas $40,500 West Virginia $40,370 Mississippi $39,980

Top Paying Cities for Admissions Secretary

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Alcester: $41,167
Aurora: $41,385
Baltic: $40,940

Alcester, SD $41,167

Aurora, SD $41,385

Baltic, SD $40,940

Beresford, SD $41,061

Brandon, SD $40,856

Brookings, SD $41,462

Burbank, SD $41,020

Canistota, SD $41,081

Canton, SD $40,964

Centerville, SD $41,064

Chancellor, SD $40,959

Chester, SD $41,061

Colman, SD $41,195

Colton, SD $41,024

Crooks, SD $40,918

Davis, SD $41,014

Dell Rapids, SD $41,016

Egan, SD $41,125

Elk Point, SD $40,890

Elkton, SD $41,411

Fairview, SD $41,024

Flandreau, SD $41,259

Freeman, SD $41,214

Garretson, SD $40,948

Gayville, SD $41,283

Harrisburg, SD $40,882

Hartford, SD $40,945

Hudson, SD $41,057

Humboldt, SD $41,003

Hurley, SD $41,065

Irene, SD $41,180

Jefferson, SD $40,738

Lennox, SD $40,960

Lesterville, SD $41,253

Lyons, SD $40,956

Madison, SD $41,276

Marion, SD $41,093

Menno, SD $41,231

Mission Hill, SD $41,262

Monroe, SD $41,049

Belle Fourche, SD $41,207

Black Hawk, SD $39,947

Box Elder, SD $39,998

Buffalo, SD $41,133

Buffalo Gap, SD $40,809

Camp Crook, SD $41,172

Caputa, SD $40,192

Custer, SD $40,721

Deadwood, SD $40,470

Edgemont, SD $41,112

Enning, SD $40,791

Fairburn, SD $40,345

Fort Meade, SD $40,341

Hermosa, SD $40,183

Hill City, SD $40,456

Hot Springs, SD $41,081

Howes, SD $40,881

Interior, SD $40,947

Keystone, SD $40,144

Kyle, SD $41,034

Lead, SD $40,841

Ludlow, SD $41,294

Manderson, SD $41,101

Mud Butte, SD $40,907

Nemo, SD $40,200

Newell, SD $40,986

New Underwood, SD $40,193

Nisland, SD $41,076

Oelrichs, SD $40,996

Oglala, SD $41,067

Oral, SD $40,958

Owanka, SD $40,391

Piedmont, SD $39,976

Pine Ridge, SD $41,144

Porcupine, SD $41,020

Pringle, SD $40,848

Quinn, SD $40,888

Redig, SD $40,839

Saint Onge, SD $40,955

Scenic, SD $40,665

Smithwick, SD $41,010

Spearfish, SD $41,140

Sturgis, SD $40,213

Union Center, SD $40,818

Vale, SD $40,690

Wall, SD $40,829

Wasta, SD $40,622

White Owl, SD $40,900

Whitewood, SD $40,783

Wounded Knee, SD $41,103

Leola, SD $41,346

Long Lake, SD $41,410

Mansfield, SD $41,322

Mellette, SD $41,361

Northville, SD $41,316

Onaka, SD $41,156

Orient, SD $41,218

Pierpont, SD $41,358

Redfield, SD $41,425

Rockham, SD $41,267

Roscoe, SD $41,194

Selby, SD $41,123

Seneca, SD $41,130

Stratford, SD $41,363

Tolstoy, SD $41,133

Tulare, SD $41,367

Turton, SD $41,370

Warner, SD $41,411

Westport, SD $41,354

Pierre, SD $37,770

Agar, SD $38,752

Belvidere, SD $40,887

Blunt, SD $37,770

Burke, SD $41,207

Colome, SD $41,157

Dallas, SD $41,144

Draper, SD $39,874

Fort Pierre, SD $37,881

Gregory, SD $41,188

Hamill, SD $41,086

Harrold, SD $37,990

Hayes, SD $40,466

Herrick, SD $41,184

Holabird, SD $38,847

Ideal, SD $41,075

Kadoka, SD $40,934

Kennebec, SD $40,475

Long Valley, SD $40,932

Lower Brule, SD $40,422

Martin, SD $41,031

Midland, SD $40,799

Milesville, SD $40,826

Mission, SD $41,119

Murdo, SD $40,547

Norris, SD $40,996

Okaton, SD $40,892

Okreek, SD $41,095

Onida, SD $38,141

Parmelee, SD $41,069

Philip, SD $40,886

Presho, SD $40,173

Reliance, SD $41,109

Rosebud, SD $41,163

Saint Charles, SD $41,228

Saint Francis, SD $41,085

Tuthill, SD $40,981

Vivian, SD $39,998

Wanblee, SD $41,009

White River, SD $40,990

Winner, SD $41,119

Witten, SD $41,045

Wood, SD $40,985

Mobridge, SD $41,131

Bison, SD $41,029

Bullhead, SD $41,343

Cherry Creek, SD $40,922

Dupree, SD $40,931

Eagle Butte, SD $40,974

Faith, SD $40,919

Glencross, SD $40,954

Glenham, SD $41,146

Herreid, SD $41,303

Isabel, SD $40,946

Keldron, SD $41,143

Lantry, SD $40,993

Lemmon, SD $41,297

Little Eagle, SD $41,337

Lodgepole, SD $41,186

Mc Intosh, SD $41,205

Mc Laughlin, SD $41,169

Meadow, SD $40,934

Morristown, SD $41,247

Mound City, SD $41,229

Pollock, SD $41,384

Prairie City, SD $41,082

Ralph, SD $41,216

Reva, SD $41,084

Ridgeview, SD $40,994

Timber Lake, SD $41,015

Trail City, SD $41,002

Wakpala, SD $41,170

Walker, SD $41,235

Watauga, SD $41,142

Whitehorse, SD $41,037

Rapid City, SD $39,940

Ellsworth Afb, SD $39,940

Allen, SD $41,030

Batesland, SD $41,047

Montrose, SD $41,081

North Sioux City, SD $40,673

Nunda, SD $41,256

Oldham, SD $41,347

Olivet, SD $41,250

Parker, SD $41,026

Ramona, SD $41,274

Renner, SD $40,892

Rowena, SD $40,864

Rutland, SD $41,219

Salem, SD $41,222

Scotland, SD $41,315

Sinai, SD $41,478

Springfield, SD $41,364

Tabor, SD $41,337

Tea, SD $40,915

Trent, SD $41,070

Tyndall, SD $41,325

Utica, SD $41,253

Valley Springs, SD $40,889

Vermillion, SD $41,263

Viborg, SD $41,170

Volga, SD $41,381

Volin, SD $41,215

Wakonda, SD $41,173

Wentworth, SD $41,205

Winfred, SD $41,225

Worthing, SD $40,954

Yankton, SD $41,420

Sioux Falls, SD $40,854

Vienna, SD $41,455

Wallace, SD $41,430

Waubay, SD $41,411

Webster, SD $41,421

White, SD $41,485

Willow Lake, SD $41,502

Wilmot, SD $41,451

Mitchell, SD $41,458

Alexandria, SD $41,306

Alpena, SD $41,376

Armour, SD $41,290

Artesian, SD $41,369

Avon, SD $41,302

Bonesteel, SD $41,221

Bridgewater, SD $41,195

Canova, SD $41,250

Carpenter, SD $41,471

Carthage, SD $41,379

Cavour, SD $41,433

Chamberlain, SD $41,246

Corsica, SD $41,298

Dante, SD $41,277

Delmont, SD $41,279

Dimock, SD $41,325

Emery, SD $41,263

Ethan, SD $41,347

Fairfax, SD $41,228

Fedora, SD $41,333

Fort Thompson, SD $40,762

Fulton, SD $41,339

Gann Valley, SD $41,161

Geddes, SD $41,238

Harrison, SD $41,269

Highmore, SD $40,475

Stephan, SD $40,655

Hitchcock, SD $41,400

Howard, SD $41,354

Huron, SD $41,541

Iroquois, SD $41,443

Kaylor, SD $41,370

Kimball, SD $41,245

Lake Andes, SD $41,305

Lane, SD $41,462

Letcher, SD $41,350

Marty, SD $41,437

Miller, SD $41,283

Mount Vernon, SD $41,324

New Holland, SD $41,385

Oacoma, SD $41,210

Parkston, SD $41,341

Pickstown, SD $41,368

Plankinton, SD $41,317

Platte, SD $41,246

Pukwana, SD $41,217

Ree Heights, SD $41,011

Saint Lawrence, SD $41,285

Spencer, SD $41,245

Stickney, SD $41,290

Tripp, SD $41,302

Virgil, SD $41,341

Wagner, SD $41,310

Wessington, SD $41,310

Wessington Springs, SD $41,303

White Lake, SD $41,263

Wolsey, SD $41,391

Woonsocket, SD $41,372

Yale, SD $41,467

Aberdeen, SD $41,471

Akaska, SD $41,101

Amherst, SD $41,407

Andover, SD $41,348

Ashton, SD $41,340

Barnard, SD $41,397

Bath, SD $41,384

Bowdle, SD $41,178

Brentford, SD $41,415

Britton, SD $41,524

Claremont, SD $41,372

Columbia, SD $41,323

Conde, SD $41,367

Cresbard, SD $41,265

Doland, SD $41,455

Eureka, SD $41,324

Faulkton, SD $41,261

Ferney, SD $41,518

Frankfort, SD $41,453

Frederick, SD $41,408

Gettysburg, SD $40,874

Groton, SD $41,389

Hecla, SD $41,467

Hosmer, SD $41,258

Houghton, SD $41,292

Hoven, SD $41,145

Ipswich, SD $41,301

Java, SD $41,120

Langford, SD $41,352

Lebanon, SD $40,942

Watertown, SD $41,541

Arlington, SD $41,431

Astoria, SD $41,497

Badger, SD $41,504

Big Stone City, SD $41,564

Bradley, SD $41,417

Brandt, SD $41,469

Bristol, SD $41,384

Bruce, SD $41,424

Bryant, SD $41,484

Castlewood, SD $41,458

Claire City, SD $41,521

Clark, SD $41,488

Clear Lake, SD $41,473

Corona, SD $41,522

De Smet, SD $41,467

Eden, SD $41,393

Erwin, SD $41,441

Estelline, SD $41,451

Florence, SD $41,438

Garden City, SD $41,445

Gary, SD $41,499

Goodwin, SD $41,420

Grenville, SD $41,383

Hayti, SD $41,474

Hazel, SD $41,455

Henry, SD $41,456

Kranzburg, SD $41,610

Labolt, SD $41,424

Lake City, SD $41,462

Lake Norden, SD $41,493

Lake Preston, SD $41,454

Marvin, SD $41,380

Milbank, SD $41,557

New Effington, SD $41,609

Ortley, SD $41,389

Peever, SD $41,445

Raymond, SD $41,465

Revillo, SD $41,449

Rosholt, SD $41,599

Roslyn, SD $41,375

Sisseton, SD $41,470

South Shore, SD $41,393

Stockholm, SD $41,393

Strandburg, SD $41,389

Summit, SD $41,391

Toronto, SD $41,453

Twin Brooks, SD $41,377

Veblen, SD $41,541

Admissions Secretary Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Admissions Secretary roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 20% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Aerospace & Defense and Biotechnology sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 10% above the average. In contrast, Admissions Secretary positions in Transportation or Retail & Wholesale typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Admissions Secretary as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for an Admissions Secretary

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Aerospace & Defense	$44,816	$22.0	10%
Biotechnology	$44,816	$22.0	10%
Energy & Utilities	$44,816	$22.0	10%
Financial Services	$44,816	$22.0	10%
Healthcare	$44,816	$22.0	10%

Admissions Secretary Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Admissions Secretary's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$36,764

Average $40,742/year

$45,641

$3,064

Average $3,395/month

$3,803

$707

Average $784/week

$878

$18

Average $20/hour

$22

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$45,641	$3,803	$878	$22
Average	$40,742	$3,395	$784	$20
25th Percentile	$36,764	$3,064	$707	$18

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