Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants · SOC 43-6011
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Salary in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $60,750 per year ($29.21 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $41,240 at the 10th percentile to $89,070 at the 90th. BLS estimates 300 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area earn more than $60,750 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,240 and $75,510.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $41,240 | $50,240 | $60,750 | $75,510 | $89,070 |
| Hourly | $19.83 | $24.15 | $29.21 | $36.30 | $42.82 |
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
- Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$60,750 median for Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $50,240 to $75,510
- North Carolinastate$70,140 median for North Carolina; middle half earns $58,480 to $83,260
- United Statesnational$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 −13% vs North Carolina overall and −21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in North Carolina
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.
- Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan areathis page$60,750 median for Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $50,240 to $75,510
- $79,900 median for Charlotte metro area; middle half earns $65,120 to $93,560
- $73,490 median for Raleigh metro area; middle half earns $61,990 to $85,000
- $70,020 median for Rocky Mount metro area; middle half earns $57,950 to $85,070
- $67,860 median for Winston-Salem metro area; middle half earns $60,850 to $80,120
- $66,820 median for Fayetteville metro area; middle half earns $54,260 to $80,240
- $66,140 median for Greensboro metro area; middle half earns $58,680 to $80,410
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistantss · Highest-paying occupations in Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
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.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.