Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Salary

Median Salary
$76,590
per year
Hourly Rate
$36.82
per hour
Employment
459,910
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$50,560
25th percentile
$61,390
Median
$76,590
75th percentile
$94,390
90th percentile
$109,850

💰 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
District of Columbia$90,850+18.6%
New Jersey$89,520+16.9%
California$89,000+16.2%
Massachusetts$82,650+7.9%
Connecticut$82,520+7.7%
Hawaii$80,710+5.4%
New York$80,640+5.3%
Virginia$80,330+4.9%
Washington$79,250+3.5%
Delaware$78,920+3.0%
Maryland$78,540+2.5%
Minnesota$78,470+2.5%
Rhode Island$77,820+1.6%
Oregon$75,480-1.4%
Pennsylvania$75,270-1.7%
Illinois$74,390-2.9%
New Mexico$73,890-3.5%
Texas$71,990-6.0%
New Hampshire$71,650-6.4%
Arizona$70,770-7.6%
Vermont$70,770-7.6%
North Carolina$70,140-8.4%
Ohio$69,600-9.1%
Alabama$69,450-9.3%
Wisconsin$68,920-10.0%
Georgia$68,290-10.8%
Tennessee$68,190-11.0%
Nevada$67,830-11.4%
Michigan$66,840-12.7%
Alaska$66,210-13.6%
Nebraska$66,210-13.6%
Colorado$65,850-14.0%
Kansas$64,860-15.3%
Florida$64,710-15.5%
Maine$64,100-16.3%
West Virginia$63,820-16.7%
Kentucky$62,410-18.5%
Iowa$62,340-18.6%
North Dakota$61,270-20.0%
Utah$61,130-20.2%
South Carolina$60,890-20.5%
Missouri$60,320-21.2%
Idaho$60,200-21.4%
Oklahoma$59,910-21.8%
Montana$59,750-22.0%
Indiana$59,080-22.9%
Mississippi$55,670-27.3%
South Dakota$55,170-28.0%
Louisiana$53,240-30.5%
Wyoming$52,210-31.8%
Arkansas$51,600-32.6%

🏙️ Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$106,220+38.7%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$105,190+37.3%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$100,930+31.8%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$92,240+20.4%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$90,320+17.9%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$87,910+14.8%
Vallejo, CA$86,190+12.5%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$85,260+11.3%
Napa, CA$84,640+10.5%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$84,540+10.4%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$84,330+10.1%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$84,090+9.8%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$83,840+9.5%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$82,850+8.2%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$82,740+8.0%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$82,250+7.4%
Rochester, MN$82,230+7.4%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$81,640+6.6%
Santa Fe, NM$81,410+6.3%
Corvallis, OR$80,960+5.7%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$80,860+5.6%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$80,700+5.4%
Merced, CA$80,650+5.3%
Lexington Park, MD$80,630+5.3%
New Haven, CT$80,620+5.3%
Urban Honolulu, HI$80,600+5.2%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$80,370+4.9%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$80,230+4.8%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$80,090+4.6%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$80,030+4.5%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$79,900+4.3%
Barnstable Town, MA$79,810+4.2%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$79,790+4.2%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$79,510+3.8%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$79,490+3.8%
Salinas, CA$79,390+3.7%
Carson City, NV$79,230+3.4%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$79,200+3.4%
Boulder, CO$79,170+3.4%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$78,750+2.8%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$78,670+2.7%
Yuba City, CA$78,420+2.4%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$78,380+2.3%
Modesto, CA$77,900+1.7%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$77,770+1.5%
Fresno, CA$77,610+1.3%
Richmond, VA$77,510+1.2%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$77,470+1.1%
Midland, MI$77,060+0.6%
Bellingham, WA$76,870+0.4%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$76,450-0.2%
Syracuse, NY$76,350-0.3%
Birmingham, AL$76,330-0.3%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$76,250-0.4%
El Centro, CA$76,050-0.7%
Columbus, OH$75,880-0.9%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$75,850-1.0%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$75,770-1.1%
Chico, CA$75,770-1.1%
Worcester, MA$75,350-1.6%
Longview-Kelso, WA$75,290-1.7%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$75,270-1.7%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$74,950-2.1%
Mankato, MN$74,880-2.2%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$74,870-2.2%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$74,850-2.3%
Kingston, NY$74,820-2.3%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$74,730-2.4%
Huntsville, AL$74,710-2.5%
Ann Arbor, MI$74,660-2.5%
Visalia, CA$74,440-2.8%
Charlottesville, VA$74,370-2.9%
Elmira, NY$74,270-3.0%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$74,260-3.0%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$74,240-3.1%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$74,090-3.3%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$74,010-3.4%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$73,700-3.8%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$73,700-3.8%
Springfield, IL$73,510-4.0%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$73,490-4.0%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$73,290-4.3%
Duluth, MN-WI$73,260-4.3%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$73,240-4.4%
Yakima, WA$73,190-4.4%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$73,180-4.5%
Albuquerque, NM$73,160-4.5%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$72,860-4.9%
Vineland, NJ$72,810-4.9%
Pittsfield, MA$72,790-5.0%
Binghamton, NY$72,230-5.7%
Rochester, NY$72,210-5.7%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$72,090-5.9%
Kenosha, WI$72,080-5.9%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$72,050-5.9%
Jackson, MI$71,890-6.1%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$71,550-6.6%
Manhattan, KS$71,330-6.9%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$71,230-7.0%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$71,130-7.1%
Springfield, MA$71,060-7.2%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$70,980-7.3%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$70,920-7.4%
Madison, WI$70,800-7.6%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$70,450-8.0%
St. Cloud, MN$70,370-8.1%
Salem, OR$70,320-8.2%
Green Bay, WI$70,030-8.6%
Odessa, TX$70,020-8.6%
Rocky Mount, NC$70,020-8.6%
Albany, OR$69,880-8.8%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$69,700-9.0%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$69,670-9.0%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$69,600-9.1%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$69,470-9.3%
Bend, OR$69,360-9.4%
Ithaca, NY$69,310-9.5%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$69,270-9.6%
Pittsburgh, PA$69,030-9.9%
Morgantown, WV$68,890-10.1%
Farmington, NM$68,590-10.4%
Victoria, TX$68,580-10.5%
Cleveland, OH$68,570-10.5%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$68,560-10.5%
Gainesville, GA$68,540-10.5%
Eau Claire, WI$68,510-10.5%
Dover, DE$68,420-10.7%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$68,290-10.8%
Omaha, NE-IA$68,240-10.9%
Jacksonville, FL$68,210-10.9%
Reno, NV$68,090-11.1%
Redding, CA$68,030-11.2%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$68,020-11.2%
Sheboygan, WI$68,010-11.2%
Medford, OR$67,990-11.2%
Wausau, WI$67,930-11.3%
Decatur, AL$67,870-11.4%
Winston-Salem, NC$67,860-11.4%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$67,620-11.7%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$67,590-11.8%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$67,540-11.8%
Saginaw, MI$67,540-11.8%
Glens Falls, NY$67,470-11.9%
Kankakee, IL$67,450-11.9%
Beckley, WV$67,440-11.9%
Corpus Christi, TX$67,360-12.1%
Knoxville, TN$67,310-12.1%
Lawrence, KS$67,090-12.4%
Utica-Rome, NY$66,990-12.5%
Waco, TX$66,980-12.5%
Tuscaloosa, AL$66,930-12.6%
Wheeling, WV-OH$66,930-12.6%
Fayetteville, NC$66,820-12.8%
Portland-South Portland, ME$66,750-12.8%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$66,740-12.9%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$66,690-12.9%
Bloomington, IL$66,690-12.9%
Reading, PA$66,440-13.3%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$66,410-13.3%
Lancaster, PA$66,350-13.4%
York-Hanover, PA$66,210-13.6%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$66,140-13.6%
Anchorage, AK$66,110-13.7%
Mobile, AL$66,080-13.7%
Salisbury, MD$66,020-13.8%
Toledo, OH$65,860-14.0%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$65,810-14.1%
Appleton, WI$65,600-14.3%
Tucson, AZ$65,510-14.5%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$65,470-14.5%
Lincoln, NE$65,410-14.6%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$65,410-14.6%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$65,400-14.6%
Dalton, GA$65,290-14.8%
Tyler, TX$65,290-14.8%
Akron, OH$65,240-14.8%
Flagstaff, AZ$65,170-14.9%
Montgomery, AL$65,110-15.0%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$65,110-15.0%
Sandusky, OH$65,100-15.0%
Fargo, ND-MN$65,090-15.0%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$65,090-15.0%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$65,090-15.0%
Flint, MI$65,020-15.1%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$64,990-15.1%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$64,970-15.2%
Sherman-Denison, TX$64,930-15.2%
Las Cruces, NM$64,870-15.3%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$64,840-15.3%
Colorado Springs, CO$64,750-15.5%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$64,710-15.5%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$64,680-15.6%
Battle Creek, MI$64,570-15.7%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$64,570-15.7%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$64,470-15.8%
Kansas City, MO-KS$64,460-15.8%
San Angelo, TX$64,460-15.8%
Fond du Lac, WI$64,410-15.9%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$64,360-16.0%
Amarillo, TX$64,350-16.0%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$64,350-16.0%
Elizabethtown, KY$64,320-16.0%
Fairbanks-College, AK$64,310-16.0%
Bowling Green, KY$64,290-16.1%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$64,170-16.2%
Canton-Massillon, OH$64,080-16.3%
Lewiston, ID-WA$64,050-16.4%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$64,000-16.4%
Altoona, PA$63,890-16.6%
Lubbock, TX$63,830-16.7%
Savannah, GA$63,820-16.7%
Peoria, IL$63,810-16.7%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$63,610-16.9%
St. Louis, MO-IL$63,500-17.1%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$63,490-17.1%
Abilene, TX$63,480-17.1%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$63,470-17.1%
Helena, MT$63,420-17.2%
Greeley, CO$63,390-17.2%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$63,380-17.2%
Topeka, KS$63,290-17.4%
Greenville, NC$63,270-17.4%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$63,140-17.6%
Columbus, GA-AL$63,000-17.7%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$63,000-17.7%
Wilmington, NC$62,930-17.8%
Bozeman, MT$62,900-17.9%
Paducah, KY-IL$62,890-17.9%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$62,870-17.9%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$62,850-17.9%
Punta Gorda, FL$62,800-18.0%
Warner Robins, GA$62,750-18.1%
Iowa City, IA$62,740-18.1%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$62,680-18.2%
Monroe, MI$62,650-18.2%
Winchester, VA-WV$62,650-18.2%
Fort Wayne, IN$62,640-18.2%
Spartanburg, SC$62,640-18.2%
Pueblo, CO$62,620-18.2%
Mansfield, OH$62,530-18.4%
El Paso, TX$62,450-18.5%
Grants Pass, OR$62,330-18.6%
Chambersburg, PA$62,300-18.7%
Wichita, KS$62,280-18.7%
Charleston, WV$62,270-18.7%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$62,270-18.7%
College Station-Bryan, TX$62,260-18.7%
Port St. Lucie, FL$62,170-18.8%
Rockford, IL$62,100-18.9%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$62,070-19.0%
Lima, OH$62,010-19.0%
Ames, IA$61,990-19.1%
Roanoke, VA$61,990-19.1%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$61,940-19.1%
Lynchburg, VA$61,920-19.2%
Bismarck, ND$61,890-19.2%
Bangor, ME$61,830-19.3%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$61,790-19.3%
Hattiesburg, MS$61,780-19.3%
Valdosta, GA$61,780-19.3%
Rome, GA$61,740-19.4%
Longview, TX$61,710-19.4%
State College, PA$61,680-19.5%
Burlington, NC$61,620-19.5%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$61,580-19.6%
Columbia, MO$61,500-19.7%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$61,480-19.7%
Oklahoma City, OK$61,480-19.7%
Walla Walla, WA$61,380-19.9%
Jacksonville, NC$61,360-19.9%
Williamsport, PA$61,350-19.9%
Gettysburg, PA$61,230-20.1%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$61,220-20.1%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$61,190-20.1%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$61,160-20.1%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$61,140-20.2%
Columbus, IN$61,080-20.3%
Killeen-Temple, TX$61,030-20.3%
Tulsa, OK$61,030-20.3%
Ocala, FL$61,010-20.3%
Albany, GA$60,980-20.4%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$60,670-20.8%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$60,640-20.8%
Decatur, IL$60,490-21.0%
Clarksville, TN-KY$60,430-21.1%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$60,420-21.1%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$60,420-21.1%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$60,420-21.1%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$60,410-21.1%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$60,370-21.2%
Dubuque, IA$60,360-21.2%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$60,210-21.4%
Boise City, ID$60,200-21.4%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$60,130-21.5%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$60,060-21.6%
Billings, MT$59,920-21.8%
Yuma, AZ$59,860-21.8%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$59,770-22.0%
Florence, SC$59,690-22.1%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$59,570-22.2%
Asheville, NC$59,440-22.4%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$59,390-22.5%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$59,390-22.5%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$59,330-22.5%
Lawton, OK$59,310-22.6%
Missoula, MT$59,290-22.6%
Grand Junction, CO$59,270-22.6%
Grand Island, NE$59,000-23.0%
Lebanon, PA$58,930-23.1%
Erie, PA$58,820-23.2%
Baton Rouge, LA$58,800-23.2%
Johnson City, TN$58,750-23.3%
Dothan, AL$58,740-23.3%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$58,700-23.4%
Bay City, MI$58,660-23.4%
Laredo, TX$58,550-23.6%
Hinesville, GA$58,500-23.6%
Cleveland, TN$58,480-23.6%
Traverse City, MI$58,360-23.8%
Wichita Falls, TX$58,060-24.2%
Niles, MI$57,980-24.3%
Jonesboro, AR$57,970-24.3%
Springfield, OH$57,970-24.3%
Ogden, UT$57,810-24.5%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$57,770-24.6%
Cedar Rapids, IA$57,500-24.9%
Sumter, SC$57,460-25.0%
Johnstown, PA$57,400-25.1%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$57,360-25.1%
Tallahassee, FL$57,250-25.3%
Sebring, FL$57,060-25.5%
Kokomo, IN$56,870-25.7%
Virgin Islands$56,720-25.9%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$56,690-26.0%
Evansville, IN$56,500-26.2%
Harrisonburg, VA$56,380-26.4%
Idaho Falls, ID$56,290-26.5%
Columbia, SC$56,230-26.6%
Gainesville, FL$55,790-27.2%
Jackson, TN$55,750-27.2%
Jefferson City, MO$55,740-27.2%
Hammond, LA$55,640-27.4%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$55,570-27.4%
Rapid City, SD$55,520-27.5%
Twin Falls, ID$55,400-27.7%
Texarkana, TX-AR$55,200-27.9%
Pocatello, ID$55,140-28.0%
Owensboro, KY$54,990-28.2%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$54,990-28.2%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$54,890-28.3%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$54,860-28.4%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$54,760-28.5%
St. George, UT$54,460-28.9%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$54,460-28.9%
Terre Haute, IN$54,410-29.0%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$54,170-29.3%
Springfield, MO$53,920-29.6%
Joplin, MO-KS$53,590-30.0%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$53,420-30.3%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$52,740-31.1%
Logan, UT-ID$52,710-31.2%
Muncie, IN$52,390-31.6%
Casper, WY$52,210-31.8%
Jackson, MS$52,100-32.0%
Cheyenne, WY$51,540-32.7%
Morristown, TN$51,240-33.1%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$50,690-33.8%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$50,340-34.3%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$50,250-34.4%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$50,220-34.4%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$49,730-35.1%
Goldsboro, NC$49,720-35.1%
Hot Springs, AR$49,150-35.8%
Monroe, LA$48,310-36.9%
Alexandria, LA$47,450-38.0%
Homosassa Springs, FL$47,450-38.0%
Enid, OK$46,480-39.3%
Guam$43,930-42.6%
Bloomington, IN$40,770-46.8%
Mayaguez, PR$38,000-50.4%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$37,170-51.5%
Puerto Rico$37,120-51.5%
Guayama, PR$36,220-52.7%
Arecibo, PR$36,130-52.8%
Ponce, PR$36,080-52.9%
Aguadilla, PR$35,800-53.3%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.