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Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive salary in Massachusetts

The median secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Massachusetts earns $57,940 a year, 22% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,820 a month.

10th percentile
$41,510
25th percentile
$48,150
Median percentile
$57,940
75th percentile
$64,240
90th percentile
$78,400

Based on 37,750 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

$45,838 take-home a year
Gross pay$57,940
Federal income tax−$4,773
Social Security + Medicare−$4,432
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,897
Monthly take-home$3,820
Every two weeks$1,763

Does it go far here?

$54,786Median pay in Massachusetts is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.8 vs 100).
46%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 secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts