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Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary in Los Angeles, CA

The median executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA earns $82,850 a year, 8% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,110 a month.

10th percentile
$58,430
25th percentile
$68,000
Median percentile
$82,850
75th percentile
$100,850
90th percentile
$122,200

Based on 20,850 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$61,315 take-home a year
Gross pay$82,850
Federal income tax−$9,397
Social Security + Medicare−$6,338
California income tax (approx.)−$5,800
Monthly take-home$5,110
Every two weeks$2,358

Does it go far here?

$72,953Median pay in Los Angeles, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 113.6 vs 100).
40%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,063 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Los Angeles, CA

JobMedian pay
Psychiatrists$370,510
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$364,730
Chief Executives$234,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers$204,370
Physicians, All Other$196,760
Lawyers$194,410
Natural Sciences Managers$193,340
Architectural and Engineering Managers$190,900

All executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants salaries · Take-home pay in California