Pay distribution $45,550 10th $51,700 25th $77,660 75th $90,220 90th
Half of Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $62,110 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $51,700 and $77,660.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $45,550 $51,700 $62,110 $77,660 $90,220 Hourly $21.90 $24.86 $29.86 $37.34 $43.37
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 San Francisco metro areathis metro area
$62,110 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $51,700 to $77,660
$55,400 median for California; middle half earns $46,390 to $65,400
$47,540 median for United States; middle half earns $38,830 to $58,000
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +12% vs California overall and +31% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $22,970 $36,580 $50,190 $63,800 Aguadilla, PR — $22,970 Mayaguez, PR — $23,300 Arecibo, PR — $23,580 Ponce, PR — $24,130 Guayama, PR — $24,220 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $26,780 Hattiesburg, MS — $35,620 Hot Springs, AR — $35,760 Hammond, LA — $35,880 Alexandria, LA — $35,890 Jonesboro, AR — $35,900 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $36,110 Valdosta, GA — $36,250 Eagle Pass, TX — $36,310 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $36,470 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $37,010 Laredo, TX — $37,080 Lawton, OK — $37,240 Monroe, LA — $37,320 Dalton, GA — $37,440 Enid, OK — $37,460 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $37,480 Texarkana, TX-AR — $37,490 Rome, GA — $37,540 Columbus, GA-AL — $37,570 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $37,640 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $37,660 Albany, GA — $37,830 Lafayette, LA — $38,060 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $38,100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $38,280 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $38,400 Jackson, MS — $38,440 Joplin, MO-KS — $38,540 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $38,580 Jacksonville, NC — $38,590 Cheyenne, WY — $38,600 Amarillo, TX — $38,660 Johnstown, PA — $38,660 Muncie, IN — $38,780 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $38,800 Homosassa Springs, FL — $38,840 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $38,850 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $38,850 Gadsden, AL — $38,860 Altoona, PA — $39,010 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $39,010 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $39,080 Wichita Falls, TX — $39,140 Hinesville, GA — $39,220 Twin Falls, ID — $39,240 El Paso, TX — $39,280 Gainesville, GA — $39,320 Beckley, WV — $39,350 Abilene, TX — $39,360 Owensboro, KY — $39,360 Sebring, FL — $39,400 Dothan, AL — $39,500 Topeka, KS — $39,500 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $39,510 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $39,560 College Station-Bryan, TX — $39,620 Columbia, MO — $39,680 Warner Robins, GA — $39,680 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $39,800 Tallahassee, FL — $39,830 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $39,850 Terre Haute, IN — $39,900 Idaho Falls, ID — $39,910 Johnson City, TN — $40,060 Bowling Green, KY — $40,180 Sumter, SC — $40,210 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $40,230 Lake Charles, LA — $40,260 Montgomery, AL — $40,260 San Angelo, TX — $40,360 Ocala, FL — $40,370 Gainesville, FL — $40,440 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $40,460 Manhattan, KS — $40,460 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $40,490 Longview, TX — $40,620 Springfield, MO — $40,690 Tulsa, OK — $40,700 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $40,700 Jackson, TN — $40,720 Lubbock, TX — $40,850 Baton Rouge, LA — $40,910 Jefferson City, MO — $40,980 Las Cruces, NM — $41,030 Morristown, TN — $41,040 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $41,140 Goldsboro, NC — $41,410 Wichita, KS — $41,480 Lynchburg, VA — $41,510 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $41,550 Tuscaloosa, AL — $41,550 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $41,580 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $41,600 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $41,710 Rapid City, SD — $41,720 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $41,770 Morgantown, WV — $41,810 Tyler, TX — $41,810 Paducah, KY-IL — $41,820 Erie, PA — $41,850 Oklahoma City, OK — $41,850 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $41,990 Florence, SC — $42,150 Bloomington, IN — $42,180 Wheeling, WV-OH — $42,200 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $42,210 Victoria, TX — $42,240 Elizabethtown, KY — $42,340 Yuma, AZ — $42,390 Fayetteville, NC — $42,410 Missoula, MT — $42,500 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $42,560 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $42,570 Flint, MI — $42,600 Lawrence, KS — $42,630 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $42,660 Corpus Christi, TX — $42,700 Killeen-Temple, TX — $42,740 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $42,830 Clarksville, TN-KY — $42,840 Mobile, AL — $42,840 Rocky Mount, NC — $42,840 Cleveland, TN — $42,880 Mansfield, OH — $43,000 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $43,050 Niles, MI — $43,140 Savannah, GA — $43,160 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $43,260 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $43,310 Waco, TX — $43,310 Great Falls, MT — $43,400 Gettysburg, PA — $43,410 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $43,440 Williamsport, PA — $43,440 Charleston, WV — $43,550 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $43,660 Punta Gorda, FL — $43,670 Billings, MT — $43,680 Sherman-Denison, TX — $43,710 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $43,740 Bay City, MI — $43,750 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $43,750 Spartanburg, SC — $43,750 Logan, UT-ID — $43,780 Springfield, OH — $43,840 Decatur, AL — $43,900 Lebanon, PA — $43,900 Canton-Massillon, OH — $43,930 Pocatello, ID — $43,990 Battle Creek, MI — $44,040 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $44,100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $44,100 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $44,170 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $44,200 Traverse City, MI — $44,200 Kokomo, IN — $44,220 Asheville, NC — $44,240 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $44,260 Port St. Lucie, FL — $44,270 Greenville, NC — $44,350 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $44,370 Columbus, IN — $44,410 Elmira, NY — $44,450 Grand Island, NE — $44,450 Lima, OH — $44,460 Saginaw, MI — $44,560 Birmingham, AL — $44,580 Sandusky, OH — $44,600 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $44,610 St. George, UT — $44,610 Burlington, NC — $44,630 Kankakee, IL — $44,740 Fort Wayne, IN — $44,820 York-Hanover, PA — $44,860 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $44,950 Evansville, IN — $44,980 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $45,020 Tucson, AZ — $45,030 Odessa, TX — $45,060 Roanoke, VA — $45,100 Cedar Rapids, IA — $45,110 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $45,270 Dover, DE — $45,360 Chambersburg, PA — $45,380 Wilmington, NC — $45,380 Iowa City, IA — $45,390 Dubuque, IA — $45,430 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $45,440 Boise City, ID — $45,480 Reading, PA — $45,500 Grand Junction, CO — $45,510 Pittsburgh, PA — $45,550 Monroe, MI — $45,560 Columbia, SC — $45,620 Winston-Salem, NC — $45,640 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $45,680 Harrisonburg, VA — $45,690 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $45,710 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $45,750 Jacksonville, FL — $45,800 Farmington, NM — $45,860 Decatur, IL — $45,890 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $45,890 Fond du Lac, WI — $45,900 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $45,900 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $45,950 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $45,960 Winchester, VA-WV — $45,990 Knoxville, TN — $46,000 Flagstaff, AZ — $46,010 Ogden, UT — $46,010 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $46,040 Huntsville, AL — $46,090 Utica-Rome, NY — $46,110 Cleveland, OH — $46,120 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $46,120 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $46,120 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $46,120 Rockford, IL — $46,130 Akron, OH — $46,140 Pueblo, CO — $46,150 St. Louis, MO-IL — $46,200 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $46,230 Lancaster, PA — $46,270 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $46,310 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $46,320 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $46,380 Casper, WY — $46,420 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,450 Glens Falls, NY — $46,530 Peoria, IL — $46,550 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $46,580 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,750 Rochester, NY — $46,770 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $46,780 Toledo, OH — $46,780 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $46,790 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $46,800 Kansas City, MO-KS — $46,810 Albuquerque, NM — $46,950 Eau Claire, WI — $46,970 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $47,000 Wausau, WI — $47,000 Colorado Springs, CO — $47,010 Jackson, MI — $47,020 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $47,020 Fargo, ND-MN — $47,060 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $47,080 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $47,090 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $47,090 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $47,110 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $47,130 Salisbury, MD — $47,140 Vineland, NJ — $47,210 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $47,220 Lincoln, NE — $47,230 Green Bay, WI — $47,270 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $47,270 Minot, ND — $47,320 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $47,330 Grants Pass, OR — $47,340 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $47,400 Bozeman, MT — $47,420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $47,430 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $47,450 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $47,450 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $47,500 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $47,520 Springfield, IL — $47,550 Binghamton, NY — $47,560 Sheboygan, WI — $47,560 Bismarck, ND — $47,580 Albany, OR — $47,600 Helena, MT — $47,670 State College, PA — $47,700 Duluth, MN-WI — $47,740 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $47,750 Omaha, NE-IA — $47,760 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $47,790 Lewiston, ID-WA — $47,820 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $47,840 Lexington Park, MD — $47,840 Richmond, VA — $47,840 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $47,850 Fairbanks-College, AK — $47,860 Columbus, OH — $47,870 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $47,870 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $47,910 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $47,920 Appleton, WI — $47,940 Ithaca, NY — $47,990 Anchorage, AK — $48,150 Bangor, ME — $48,170 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $48,260 Midland, TX — $48,270 Medford, OR — $48,310 Reno, NV — $48,310 Greeley, CO — $48,390 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $48,470 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $48,480 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $48,500 Syracuse, NY — $48,500 Kingston, NY — $48,620 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $48,670 Ames, IA — $48,740 Kenosha, WI — $48,800 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,800 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $48,850 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $48,880 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,000 Midland, MI — $49,010 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $49,140 El Centro, CA — $49,150 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $49,220 Carson City, NV — $49,270 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $49,330 St. Cloud, MN — $49,470 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $49,550 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $49,760 Chico, CA — $49,810 Bend, OR — $49,890 Redding, CA — $49,940 Corvallis, OR — $49,970 Pittsfield, MA — $49,990 Urban Honolulu, HI — $50,020 Fresno, CA — $50,100 Santa Fe, NM — $50,170 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $50,210 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $50,440 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $50,460 Ann Arbor, MI — $50,600 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $50,700 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $50,960 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $51,010 Boulder, CO — $51,060 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $51,100 Madison, WI — $51,410 Mankato, MN — $51,410 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $51,440 Springfield, MA — $51,460 Yuba City, CA — $51,480 Walla Walla, WA — $51,640 Merced, CA — $51,710 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $51,800 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $51,800 Bloomington, IL — $51,880 Visalia, CA — $51,910 Portland-South Portland, ME — $52,000 Worcester, MA — $52,450 Yakima, WA — $52,540 Rochester, MN — $52,890 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $52,920 Charlottesville, VA — $53,100 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $53,140 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $53,550 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $53,660 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $53,770 Bellingham, WA — $53,820 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $54,050 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $54,080 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $54,170 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $54,170 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $54,320 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $54,340 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $54,820 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $55,020 Barnstable Town, MA — $55,040 Modesto, CA — $55,140 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $55,360 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $55,380 Salem, OR — $55,660 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $55,940 Vallejo, CA — $56,270 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $56,980 Salinas, CA — $57,340 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $57,440 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $57,510 Longview-Kelso, WA — $57,580 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $57,720 Napa, CA — $58,810 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $59,330 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $59,510 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $60,230 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $62,110 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $62,940 New Haven, CT — $63,800 San Francisco 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 San Francisco metro area has the 3rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 392 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 California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Francisco metro areathis page
$62,110 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $51,700 to $77,660
$62,940 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $53,220 to $77,380
$58,810 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $49,020 to $65,260
$57,720 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $47,840 to $69,680
$57,510 median for Santa Cruz metro area; middle half earns $46,420 to $68,410
$57,340 median for Salinas metro area; middle half earns $46,920 to $65,880
$56,270 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $47,270 to $65,520
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .