Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary
The median pay for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in the United States is $76,590 a year. About 459,910 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $50,560
- 25th percentile
- $61,390
- Median percentile
- $76,590
- 75th percentile
- $94,390
- 90th percentile
- $109,850
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- District of Columbia $90,850
- New Jersey $89,520
- California $89,000
- Massachusetts $82,650
- Connecticut $82,520
- Hawaii $80,710
- New York $80,640
- Virginia $80,330
- Washington $79,250
- Delaware $78,920
- Maryland $78,540
- Minnesota $78,470
- Rhode Island $77,820
- Oregon $75,480
- Pennsylvania $75,270
- Illinois $74,390
- New Mexico $73,890
- Texas $71,990
- New Hampshire $71,650
- Arizona $70,770
- Vermont $70,770
- North Carolina $70,140
- Ohio $69,600
- Alabama $69,450
- Wisconsin $68,920
- Georgia $68,290
- Tennessee $68,190
- Nevada $67,830
- Michigan $66,840
- Alaska $66,210
- Nebraska $66,210
- Colorado $65,850
- Kansas $64,860
- Florida $64,710
- Maine $64,100
- West Virginia $63,820
- Kentucky $62,410
- Iowa $62,340
- North Dakota $61,270
- Utah $61,130
- South Carolina $60,890
- Missouri $60,320
- Idaho $60,200
- Oklahoma $59,910
- Montana $59,750
- Indiana $59,080
- Mississippi $55,670
- South Dakota $55,170
- Louisiana $53,240
- Wyoming $52,210
- Arkansas $51,600
By metro area
- San Jose, CA $106,220
- San Francisco, CA $105,190
- Bridgeport, CT $100,930
- Santa Rosa, CA $92,240
- Washington, DC $90,320
- Sacramento, CA $87,910
- Vallejo, CA $86,190
- Boston, MA $85,260
- Napa, CA $84,640
- San Diego, CA $84,540
- Kahului, HI $84,330
- Santa Cruz, CA $84,090
- New York, NY $83,840
- Los Angeles, CA $82,850
- Santa Maria, CA $82,740
- Oxnard, CA $82,250
- Rochester, MN $82,230
- Waterbury, CT $81,640
- Santa Fe, NM $81,410
- Corvallis, OR $80,960
- Seattle, WA $80,860
- Trenton, NJ $80,700
- Merced, CA $80,650
- Lexington Park, MD $80,630
- New Haven, CT $80,620
- Urban Honolulu, HI $80,600
- Hartford, CT $80,370
- Dallas, TX $80,230
- Kennewick, WA $80,090
- Minneapolis, MN $80,030
- Charlotte, NC $79,900
- Barnstable Town, MA $79,810
- San Luis Obispo, CA $79,790
- Olympia, WA $79,510
- Philadelphia, PA $79,490
- Salinas, CA $79,390
- Carson City, NV $79,230
- Stockton, CA $79,200
- Boulder, CO $79,170
- Portland, OR $78,750
- Mount Vernon, WA $78,670
- Yuba City, CA $78,420
- Baltimore, MD $78,380
- Modesto, CA $77,900
- Chicago, IL $77,770
- Fresno, CA $77,610
- Richmond, VA $77,510
- Atlantic City, NJ $77,470
- Midland, MI $77,060
- Bellingham, WA $76,870
- Providence, RI $76,450
- Syracuse, NY $76,350
- Birmingham, AL $76,330
- Norwich, CT $76,250
- El Centro, CA $76,050
- Columbus, OH $75,880
- Oshkosh, WI $75,850
- Bremerton, WA $75,770
- Chico, CA $75,770
- Worcester, MA $75,350
- Longview, WA $75,290
- Wenatchee, WA $75,270
- Detroit, MI $74,950
- Mankato, MN $74,880
- Buffalo, NY $74,870
- Houston, TX $74,850
- Kingston, NY $74,820
- Albany, NY $74,730
- Huntsville, AL $74,710
- Ann Arbor, MI $74,660
- Visalia, CA $74,440
- Charlottesville, VA $74,370
- Elmira, NY $74,270
- Kiryas Joel, NY $74,260
- Milwaukee, WI $74,240
- Watertown, NY $74,090
- Phoenix, AZ $74,010
- Nashville, TN $73,700
- San Antonio, TX $73,700
- Springfield, IL $73,510
- Riverside, CA $73,290
- Duluth, MN $73,260
- Burlington, VT $73,240
- Yakima, WA $73,190
- Miami, FL $73,180
- Albuquerque, NM $73,160
- Bakersfield, CA $72,860
- Vineland, NJ $72,810
- Pittsfield, MA $72,790
- Binghamton, NY $72,230
- Rochester, NY $72,210
- Atlanta, GA $72,090
- Kenosha, WI $72,080
- Amherst Town, MA $72,050
- Jackson, MI $71,890
- Spokane, WA $71,550
- Manhattan, KS $71,330
- Manchester, NH $71,230
- Greenville, SC $71,130
- Springfield, MA $71,060
- Cincinnati, OH $70,980
- Kalamazoo, MI $70,920
- Madison, WI $70,800
- Harrisburg, PA $70,450
- St. Cloud, MN $70,370
- Salem, OR $70,320
- Green Bay, WI $70,030
- Odessa, TX $70,020
- Rocky Mount, NC $70,020
- Albany, OR $69,880
- Wildwood, FL $69,700
- Eugene, OR $69,670
- Austin, TX $69,600
- Athens, GA $69,470
- Bend, OR $69,360
- Ithaca, NY $69,310
- Hagerstown, MD $69,270
- Pittsburgh, PA $69,030
- Morgantown, WV $68,890
- Farmington, NM $68,590