Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
United States. Estimated employment 459,910, with pages for 38 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 43-6011
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$76,590 · 50th
$50,56010th
$61,39025th
$76,59050th
$94,39075th
$109,85090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $106,220 | 5,300 |
| San Francisco, CA | $105,190 | 11,250 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $92,240 | 490 |
| Washington, DC | $90,320 | 12,960 |
| Sacramento, CA | $87,910 | 3,530 |
| Vallejo, CA | $86,190 | 230 |
| Boston, MA | $85,260 | 11,290 |
| Napa, CA | $84,640 | 180 |
| San Diego, CA | $84,540 | 4,510 |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $84,090 | 260 |
| New York, NY | $83,840 | 76,950 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $82,850 | 20,850 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | $79,810 | 310 |
| Chicago, IL | $77,770 | 10,620 |
| Syracuse, NY | $76,350 | 2,120 |
| Worcester, MA | $75,350 | 1,310 |
| Buffalo, NY | $74,870 | 2,870 |
| Kingston, NY | $74,820 | 370 |
| Albany, NY | $74,730 | 3,400 |
| Elmira, NY | $74,270 | 150 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $74,260 | 1,710 |
| Watertown, NY | $74,090 | 180 |
| Springfield, IL | $73,510 | 830 |
| Pittsfield, MA | $72,790 | 150 |
| Atlanta, GA | $72,090 | 10,060 |
| Amherst Town, MA | $72,050 | 240 |
| Springfield, MA | $71,060 | 590 |
| Athens, GA | $69,470 | 250 |
| Champaign, IL | $68,560 | 260 |
| Gainesville, GA | $68,540 | 220 |
| Bloomington, IL | $66,690 | 260 |
| Dalton, GA | $65,290 | 120 |
| Augusta, GA | $64,360 | 410 |
| Savannah, GA | $63,820 | 520 |
| Peoria, IL | $63,810 | 270 |
| Columbus, GA | $63,000 | 240 |
| Warner Robins, GA | $62,750 | 130 |
| Rockford, IL | $62,100 | 160 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 459,910 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 43-6011, Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. Mapped to our taxonomy as executive-secretaries-and-executive-administrative-assistants.
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