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Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary in Philadelphia, PA

The median executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD earns $79,490 a year, 4% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,193 a month.

10th percentile
$57,480
25th percentile
$67,380
Median percentile
$79,490
75th percentile
$93,830
90th percentile
$102,690

Based on 7,150 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

$62,311 take-home a year
Gross pay$79,490
Federal income tax−$8,658
Social Security + Medicare−$6,081
Pennsylvania income tax (approx.)−$2,440
Monthly take-home$5,193
Every two weeks$2,397

Does it go far here?

$77,510Median pay in Philadelphia, PA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 102.6 vs 100).
29%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,480 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Philadelphia, PA

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$452,940
Family Medicine Physicians$294,430
Chief Executives$292,770
Psychiatrists$279,410
Physicians, All Other$245,810
Nurse Anesthetists$238,540
Pediatricians, General$226,440
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$180,330

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