Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $74K, rent takes 23.3% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,119/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants typically earn — is $52K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,120/month. At HUD’s $1,119/month FMR, rent would take 36% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $74K locally vs. $77K nationally, a 4% difference.

New Mexico pays $74K median vs. the U.S. average of $77K — that’s -4%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 93.06), the purchasing-power equivalent is $79K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $73,890 a year, that works out to about $36 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $52,000, and experienced executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants can clear $92,710. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,812/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,119/month, which eats 23.3% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

New Mexico has a Regional Price Parity of 93.06 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants salary is worth about $79,400 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.