Highest-paying Cities for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

The top 100 highest paying cities for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $99,670, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $96,390). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$99,670	$62,580	5,220
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$96,390	$53,490	12,570
3	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$83,370	$55,000	1,730
4	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$80,520	$58,640	81,630
5	Corvallis, Oregon	$79,700	$52,050	100
6	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$79,600	$52,820	470
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$79,470	$52,120	13,570
8	Napa, California	$79,350	$57,680	200
9	Midland, Texas	$78,730	$50,750	230
10	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$78,000	$51,500	5,260
11	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$77,220	$54,930	350
12	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$77,090	$47,310	8,190
13	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$76,750	$47,640	630
14	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$76,620	$51,130	8,860
15	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$75,620	$55,710	6,090
16	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$75,620	$49,220	270
17	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$75,560	$47,680	810
18	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$75,210	$58,020	700
19	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$75,010	$54,960	110
20	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$74,900	$50,450	14,210
21	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$74,490	$50,690	3,170
22	Modesto, California	$74,000	$50,820	390
23	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$73,960	$45,000	100
24	Merced, California	$73,070	$50,950	140
25	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$72,820	$51,010	2,540
26	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$72,490	$50,110	960
27	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$72,270	$52,140	8,160
28	Danbury, Connecticut	$72,090	$52,700	180
29	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$72,000	$49,040	120
30	Midland, Michigan	$71,830	$47,970	60
31	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$71,490	$44,870	260
32	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$71,470	$48,250	280
33	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$71,340	$54,590	370
34	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$71,110	$50,840	3,140
35	Olympia, Washington	$71,030	$46,340	540
36	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$71,030	$47,370	8,560
37	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$70,350	$41,860	50
38	Longview, Washington	$70,190	$42,450	60
39	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$70,020	$43,920	9,850
40	Syracuse, New York	$69,700	$49,970	1,630
41	New Haven, Connecticut	$69,690	$47,640	770
42	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$69,660	$46,030	3,060
43	Huntsville, Alabama	$69,250	$46,660	510
44	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$69,140	$49,490	5,870
45	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$69,100	$47,850	2,870
46	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$69,060	$49,910	7,360
47	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$69,030	$40,180	130
48	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$68,970	$45,700	13,700
49	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$68,970	$47,120	520
50	Decatur, Alabama	$68,950	$55,090	50
51	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$68,700	$50,280	430
52	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$68,580	$43,460	160
53	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$68,450	$42,300	23,680
54	Odessa, Texas	$68,250	$43,350	100
55	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$68,120	$48,070	5,690
56	Salinas, California	$67,930	$52,140	380
57	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$67,870	$48,730	110
58	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$67,780	$49,320	22,960
59	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$67,740	$48,080	55,020
60	Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$67,650	$48,440	50
61	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$67,650	$45,160	1,030
62	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$67,580	$46,820	610
63	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$67,320	$43,620	13,520
64	Yuba City, California	$67,280	$46,370	110
65	Worcester, Massachusetts	$67,260	$47,260	950
66	El Centro, California	$67,250	$44,550	90
67	Bellingham, Washington	$67,180	$49,260	200
68	Kingston, New York	$67,000	$52,970	240
69	Stockton, California	$66,870	$46,480	500
70	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$66,740	$51,040	790
71	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$66,740	$49,090	2,830
72	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$66,540	$46,500	180
73	Elmira, New York	$66,460	$48,930	130
74	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$66,290	$43,410	470
75	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$66,210	$42,270	1,740
76	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$66,150	$45,030	4,190
77	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$66,090	$42,380	4,290
78	Fresno, California	$66,020	$43,430	830
79	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$65,960	$51,290	80
80	Charlottesville, Virginia	$65,940	$46,740	310
81	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$65,800	$49,850	8,110
82	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$65,780	$46,760	230
83	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$65,660	$43,070	170
84	Dalton, Georgia	$65,630	$46,520	90
85	Yakima, Washington	$65,610	$51,010	150
86	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$65,600	$50,420	3,110
87	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$65,580	$50,610	260
88	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$65,540	$47,600	590
89	Rochester, New York	$65,490	$46,520	2,960
90	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$65,480	$40,410	670
91	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$65,350	$51,200	420
92	Madison, Wisconsin	$65,210	$50,320	990
93	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$65,030	$49,180	70
94	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$64,960	$50,330	240
95	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$64,930	$39,140	100
96	Columbus, Ohio	$64,870	$49,770	3,360
97	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$64,840	$44,790	310
98	Bend, Oregon	$64,710	$48,010	140
99	Visalia-Porterville, California	$64,630	$45,920	240
100	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$64,620	$50,840	200

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