Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Salary

It’s a stretch — at the median salary of $52K, rent takes 52.7% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,930/month. The 30% guideline puts the comfortable ceiling at roughly $1,100/month in rent — so roommates or a 1-bedroom would ease the math significantly.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants typically earn — is $47K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,832/month.

Local pay runs 32% below the national median — $52K here vs. $77K nationally.

Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area pays $52K median vs. the U.S. average of $77K — that’s -32%.

The median is $52,190 a year, that works out to about $25 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $47,200, and experienced executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants can clear $73,200. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $3,664/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,930/month, which eats 52.7% of your paycheck. That's above the 30% rule of thumb, housing will be a stretch at the median salary, though you can manage with roommates or a smaller place.

Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants salary is worth about $52,190 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.