Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistant Salary in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas

The annual salary statistics of executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$47,310
25th Percentile Wage
$60,320
50th Percentile Wage
$77,090
75th Percentile Wage
$96,440
90th Percentile Wage
$107,260

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $107,260. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,090. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,310.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$77,090
19.61% 33.53%
2021
$61,970
-4.52% -
2020
$64,770
3.72% -
2019
$62,360
2.04% -
2018
$61,090
0.26% -
2017
$60,930
5.51% -
2016
$57,570
2.24% -
2015
$56,280
4.41% -
2014
$53,800
1.47% -
2013
$53,010
3.34% -
2012
$51,240
- -

Table 2. Compare Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistant Salary in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $77,090, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is the second highest paying city for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Midland (median annual salary of $78,730). Compared with Midland, the median annual salary of executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 2.1 percent (2.1%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Midland
$78,730
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$77,090
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$71,030
Odessa
$68,250
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$63,030
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$62,990
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$62,800
Wichita Falls
$62,280
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$60,560
Victoria
$60,000
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$59,530
College Station-Bryan
$58,760
Amarillo
$58,140
Sherman-Denison
$57,770
Corpus Christi
$57,680
Longview
$57,610
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$57,480
Fort Worth-Arlington
$56,580
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$56,380
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$54,410
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$54,190
Waco
$53,840
Laredo
$53,190
El Paso
$52,980
Texarkana-Texarkana
$52,230
Lubbock
$52,170
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$51,450
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$51,200
Brownsville-Harlingen
$50,840
Tyler
$49,170
Abilene
$48,890
San Angelo
$48,560
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$47,070

See also: Top paying jobs in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas.