The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $79,560, New York is the highest paying state for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants. It is followed by California (average annual salary $77,680). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | $79,560 |
$55,940 | 85,010 |
| 2 | California | $77,680 |
$51,010 | 61,680 |
| 3 | District of Columbia | $76,210 |
$48,990 | 5,450 |
| 4 | Rhode Island | $75,550 |
$54,500 | 760 |
| 5 | Hawaii | $75,210 |
$54,960 | 930 |
| 6 | Connecticut | $74,030 |
$51,250 | 6,000 |
| 7 | Washington | $72,330 |
$52,680 | 9,150 |
| 8 | Virginia | $72,320 |
$45,520 | 10,160 |
| 9 | Maryland | $72,090 |
$48,340 | 10,960 |
| 10 | Delaware | $71,130 |
$44,800 | 1,460 |
| 11 | Massachusetts | $69,140 |
$48,300 | 18,050 |
| 12 | New Jersey | $68,140 |
$51,660 | 17,230 |
| 13 | Minnesota | $67,610 |
$51,120 | 10,090 |
| 14 | Georgia | $65,610 |
$46,660 | 10,440 |
| 15 | Alabama | $65,270 |
$42,720 | 3,110 |
| 16 | Oregon | $64,880 |
$45,210 | 4,780 |
| 17 | Arizona | $64,820 |
$43,680 | 5,650 |
| 18 | New Mexico | $64,380 |
$50,370 | 1,980 |
| 19 | New Hampshire | $64,310 |
$42,850 | 1,230 |
| 20 | Illinois | $64,270 |
$40,820 | 19,080 |
| 21 | Texas | $63,630 |
$42,850 | 34,100 |
| 22 | North Carolina | $63,180 |
$40,000 | 9,970 |
| 23 | Pennsylvania | $63,100 |
$45,260 | 12,140 |
| 24 | Ohio | $62,240 |
$40,340 | 11,730 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | $61,790 |
$44,060 | 3,770 |
| 26 | Alaska | $61,690 |
$44,060 | 1,520 |
| 27 | Colorado | $61,430 |
$45,780 | 9,360 |
| 28 | North Dakota | $61,210 |
$41,120 | 360 |
| 29 | Michigan | $61,050 |
$31,200 | 9,600 |
| 30 | Vermont | $60,760 |
$44,810 | 950 |
| 31 | Utah | $60,690 |
$37,680 | 3,750 |
| 32 | Nevada | $59,850 |
$37,540 | 2,080 |
| 33 | Florida | $59,560 |
$37,130 | 23,590 |
| 34 | Tennessee | $59,380 |
$37,630 | 4,830 |
| 35 | Missouri | $59,380 |
$36,120 | 10,620 |
| 36 | Indiana | $59,050 |
$37,300 | 3,960 |
| 37 | Nebraska | $58,600 |
$41,290 | 2,200 |
| 38 | Montana | $56,630 |
$37,240 | 460 |
| 39 | Kentucky | $55,410 |
$38,100 | 4,070 |
| 40 | South Carolina | $55,130 |
$37,750 | 5,130 |
| 41 | Iowa | $54,930 |
$40,300 | 4,480 |
| 42 | Maine | $54,110 |
$40,380 | 2,820 |
| 43 | Idaho | $53,260 |
$36,090 | 1,140 |
| 44 | Arkansas | $53,210 |
$38,790 | 1,550 |
| 45 | Kansas | $53,170 |
$32,990 | 7,620 |
| 46 | Virgin Islands | $51,480 |
$35,380 | 200 |
| 47 | Oklahoma | $49,800 |
$31,450 | 3,420 |
| 48 | West Virginia | $49,080 |
$34,090 | 1,300 |
| 49 | Louisiana | $48,220 |
$31,850 | 10,920 |
| 50 | South Dakota | $44,580 |
$37,230 | 2,050 |
| 51 | Wyoming | $43,680 |
$38,210 | 420 |
| 52 | Mississippi | $41,850 |
$26,150 | 2,120 |
| 53 | Guam | $38,100 |
$29,280 | 110 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $32,680 |
$19,980 | 7,220 |