Pay distribution $61,400 10th $74,630 25th $101,520 75th $126,940 90th
Half of Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in the Boston metro area earn more than $85,260 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $74,630 and $101,520.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $61,400 $74,630 $85,260 $101,520 $126,940 Hourly $29.52 $35.88 $40.99 $48.81 $61.03
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Boston metro areathis metro area
$85,260 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $74,630 to $101,520
$82,650 median for Massachusetts; middle half earns $69,560 to $100,170
$76,590 median for United States; middle half earns $61,390 to $94,390
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +3% vs Massachusetts overall and +11% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $35,800 $59,273 $82,747 $106,220 Aguadilla, PR — $35,800 Ponce, PR — $36,080 Arecibo, PR — $36,130 Guayama, PR — $36,220 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $37,170 Mayaguez, PR — $38,000 Bloomington, IN — $40,770 Enid, OK — $46,480 Alexandria, LA — $47,450 Homosassa Springs, FL — $47,450 Monroe, LA — $48,310 Hot Springs, AR — $49,150 Goldsboro, NC — $49,720 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $49,730 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $50,220 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $50,250 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $50,340 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $50,690 Morristown, TN — $51,240 Cheyenne, WY — $51,540 Jackson, MS — $52,100 Casper, WY — $52,210 Muncie, IN — $52,390 Logan, UT-ID — $52,710 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $52,740 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $53,420 Joplin, MO-KS — $53,590 Springfield, MO — $53,920 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $54,170 Terre Haute, IN — $54,410 St. George, UT — $54,460 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $54,460 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $54,760 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $54,860 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $54,890 Owensboro, KY — $54,990 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $54,990 Pocatello, ID — $55,140 Texarkana, TX-AR — $55,200 Twin Falls, ID — $55,400 Rapid City, SD — $55,520 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $55,570 Hammond, LA — $55,640 Jefferson City, MO — $55,740 Jackson, TN — $55,750 Gainesville, FL — $55,790 Columbia, SC — $56,230 Idaho Falls, ID — $56,290 Harrisonburg, VA — $56,380 Evansville, IN — $56,500 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $56,690 Kokomo, IN — $56,870 Sebring, FL — $57,060 Tallahassee, FL — $57,250 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $57,360 Johnstown, PA — $57,400 Sumter, SC — $57,460 Cedar Rapids, IA — $57,500 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $57,770 Ogden, UT — $57,810 Jonesboro, AR — $57,970 Springfield, OH — $57,970 Niles, MI — $57,980 Wichita Falls, TX — $58,060 Traverse City, MI — $58,360 Cleveland, TN — $58,480 Hinesville, GA — $58,500 Laredo, TX — $58,550 Bay City, MI — $58,660 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $58,700 Dothan, AL — $58,740 Johnson City, TN — $58,750 Baton Rouge, LA — $58,800 Erie, PA — $58,820 Lebanon, PA — $58,930 Grand Island, NE — $59,000 Grand Junction, CO — $59,270 Missoula, MT — $59,290 Lawton, OK — $59,310 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $59,330 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $59,390 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $59,390 Asheville, NC — $59,440 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $59,570 Florence, SC — $59,690 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $59,770 Yuma, AZ — $59,860 Billings, MT — $59,920 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $60,060 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $60,130 Boise City, ID — $60,200 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $60,210 Dubuque, IA — $60,360 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $60,370 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $60,410 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $60,420 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $60,420 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $60,420 Clarksville, TN-KY — $60,430 Decatur, IL — $60,490 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $60,640 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $60,670 Albany, GA — $60,980 Ocala, FL — $61,010 Killeen-Temple, TX — $61,030 Tulsa, OK — $61,030 Columbus, IN — $61,080 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $61,140 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $61,160 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $61,190 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $61,220 Gettysburg, PA — $61,230 Williamsport, PA — $61,350 Jacksonville, NC — $61,360 Walla Walla, WA — $61,380 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $61,480 Oklahoma City, OK — $61,480 Columbia, MO — $61,500 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $61,580 Burlington, NC — $61,620 State College, PA — $61,680 Longview, TX — $61,710 Rome, GA — $61,740 Hattiesburg, MS — $61,780 Valdosta, GA — $61,780 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $61,790 Bangor, ME — $61,830 Bismarck, ND — $61,890 Lynchburg, VA — $61,920 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $61,940 Ames, IA — $61,990 Roanoke, VA — $61,990 Lima, OH — $62,010 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $62,070 Rockford, IL — $62,100 Port St. Lucie, FL — $62,170 College Station-Bryan, TX — $62,260 Charleston, WV — $62,270 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $62,270 Wichita, KS — $62,280 Chambersburg, PA — $62,300 Grants Pass, OR — $62,330 El Paso, TX — $62,450 Mansfield, OH — $62,530 Pueblo, CO — $62,620 Fort Wayne, IN — $62,640 Spartanburg, SC — $62,640 Monroe, MI — $62,650 Winchester, VA-WV — $62,650 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $62,680 Iowa City, IA — $62,740 Warner Robins, GA — $62,750 Punta Gorda, FL — $62,800 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $62,850 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $62,870 Paducah, KY-IL — $62,890 Bozeman, MT — $62,900 Wilmington, NC — $62,930 Columbus, GA-AL — $63,000 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $63,000 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $63,140 Greenville, NC — $63,270 Topeka, KS — $63,290 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $63,380 Greeley, CO — $63,390 Helena, MT — $63,420 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $63,470 Abilene, TX — $63,480 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $63,490 St. Louis, MO-IL — $63,500 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $63,610 Peoria, IL — $63,810 Savannah, GA — $63,820 Lubbock, TX — $63,830 Altoona, PA — $63,890 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $64,000 Lewiston, ID-WA — $64,050 Canton-Massillon, OH — $64,080 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $64,170 Bowling Green, KY — $64,290 Fairbanks-College, AK — $64,310 Elizabethtown, KY — $64,320 Amarillo, TX — $64,350 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $64,350 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $64,360 Fond du Lac, WI — $64,410 Kansas City, MO-KS — $64,460 San Angelo, TX — $64,460 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $64,470 Battle Creek, MI — $64,570 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $64,570 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $64,680 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $64,710 Colorado Springs, CO — $64,750 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $64,840 Las Cruces, NM — $64,870 Sherman-Denison, TX — $64,930 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $64,970 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $64,990 Flint, MI — $65,020 Fargo, ND-MN — $65,090 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $65,090 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $65,090 Sandusky, OH — $65,100 Montgomery, AL — $65,110 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $65,110 Flagstaff, AZ — $65,170 Akron, OH — $65,240 Dalton, GA — $65,290 Tyler, TX — $65,290 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $65,400 Lincoln, NE — $65,410 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $65,410 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $65,470 Tucson, AZ — $65,510 Appleton, WI — $65,600 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $65,810 Toledo, OH — $65,860 Salisbury, MD — $66,020 Mobile, AL — $66,080 Anchorage, AK — $66,110 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $66,140 York-Hanover, PA — $66,210 Lancaster, PA — $66,350 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $66,410 Reading, PA — $66,440 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $66,690 Bloomington, IL — $66,690 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $66,740 Portland-South Portland, ME — $66,750 Fayetteville, NC — $66,820 Tuscaloosa, AL — $66,930 Wheeling, WV-OH — $66,930 Waco, TX — $66,980 Utica-Rome, NY — $66,990 Lawrence, KS — $67,090 Knoxville, TN — $67,310 Corpus Christi, TX — $67,360 Beckley, WV — $67,440 Kankakee, IL — $67,450 Glens Falls, NY — $67,470 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $67,540 Saginaw, MI — $67,540 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $67,590 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $67,620 Winston-Salem, NC — $67,860 Decatur, AL — $67,870 Wausau, WI — $67,930 Medford, OR — $67,990 Sheboygan, WI — $68,010 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $68,020 Redding, CA — $68,030 Reno, NV — $68,090 Jacksonville, FL — $68,210 Omaha, NE-IA — $68,240 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $68,290 Dover, DE — $68,420 Eau Claire, WI — $68,510 Gainesville, GA — $68,540 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $68,560 Cleveland, OH — $68,570 Victoria, TX — $68,580 Farmington, NM — $68,590 Morgantown, WV — $68,890 Pittsburgh, PA — $69,030 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $69,270 Ithaca, NY — $69,310 Bend, OR — $69,360 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $69,470 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $69,600 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $69,670 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $69,700 Albany, OR — $69,880 Odessa, TX — $70,020 Rocky Mount, NC — $70,020 Green Bay, WI — $70,030 Salem, OR — $70,320 St. Cloud, MN — $70,370 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $70,450 Madison, WI — $70,800 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $70,920 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $70,980 Springfield, MA — $71,060 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $71,130 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $71,230 Manhattan, KS — $71,330 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $71,550 Jackson, MI — $71,890 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $72,050 Kenosha, WI — $72,080 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $72,090 Rochester, NY — $72,210 Binghamton, NY — $72,230 Pittsfield, MA — $72,790 Vineland, NJ — $72,810 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $72,860 Albuquerque, NM — $73,160 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $73,180 Yakima, WA — $73,190 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $73,240 Duluth, MN-WI — $73,260 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $73,290 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $73,490 Springfield, IL — $73,510 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $73,700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $73,700 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $74,010 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $74,090 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $74,240 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $74,260 Elmira, NY — $74,270 Charlottesville, VA — $74,370 Visalia, CA — $74,440 Ann Arbor, MI — $74,660 Huntsville, AL — $74,710 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $74,730 Kingston, NY — $74,820 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $74,850 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $74,870 Mankato, MN — $74,880 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $74,950 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $75,270 Longview-Kelso, WA — $75,290 Worcester, MA — $75,350 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $75,770 Chico, CA — $75,770 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $75,850 Columbus, OH — $75,880 El Centro, CA — $76,050 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $76,250 Birmingham, AL — $76,330 Syracuse, NY — $76,350 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $76,450 Bellingham, WA — $76,870 Midland, MI — $77,060 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $77,470 Richmond, VA — $77,510 Fresno, CA — $77,610 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $77,770 Modesto, CA — $77,900 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $78,380 Yuba City, CA — $78,420 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $78,670 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $78,750 Boulder, CO — $79,170 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $79,200 Carson City, NV — $79,230 Salinas, CA — $79,390 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $79,490 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $79,510 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $79,790 Barnstable Town, MA — $79,810 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $79,900 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $80,030 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $80,090 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $80,230 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $80,370 Urban Honolulu, HI — $80,600 New Haven, CT — $80,620 Lexington Park, MD — $80,630 Merced, CA — $80,650 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $80,700 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $80,860 Corvallis, OR — $80,960 Santa Fe, NM — $81,410 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $81,640 Rochester, MN — $82,230 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $82,250 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $82,740 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $82,850 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $83,840 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $84,090 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $84,330 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $84,540 Napa, CA — $84,640 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $85,260 Vallejo, CA — $86,190 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $87,910 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $90,320 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $92,240 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $100,930 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $105,190 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $106,220 Boston metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Boston metro area has the 8th-highest published median for this occupation among the 383 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Massachusetts Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Boston metro areathis page
$85,260 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $74,630 to $101,520
$79,810 median for Barnstable Town metro area; middle half earns $66,830 to $94,290
$75,350 median for Worcester metro area; middle half earns $64,030 to $85,370
$72,790 median for Pittsfield metro area; middle half earns $57,140 to $85,480
$72,050 median for Amherst Town metro area; middle half earns $60,080 to $83,000
$71,060 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $58,870 to $82,460
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Customer Service Representatives $49,920 Office Clerks, General $50,710 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $59,330 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $77,990 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $60,960 Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants $51,600 Highest-paying metro areas for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistantss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .