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Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary in Massachusetts

The median executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Massachusetts earns $82,650 a year, 8% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,237 a month.

10th percentile
$59,320
25th percentile
$69,560
Median percentile
$82,650
75th percentile
$100,170
90th percentile
$123,930

Based on 14,820 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

$62,842 take-home a year
Gross pay$82,650
Federal income tax−$9,353
Social Security + Medicare−$6,323
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$4,133
Monthly take-home$5,237
Every two weeks$2,417

Does it go far here?

$78,151Median pay in Massachusetts is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.8 vs 100).
34%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,762 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Massachusetts

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$387,150
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Nurse Anesthetists$295,550
General Internal Medicine Physicians$285,250
Family Medicine Physicians$277,490
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$272,240
Natural Sciences Managers$267,290
Physicians, All Other$236,580

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