Office and Administrative Support Occupations
BLS May 2025 wages High openings flow SOC 43-6011

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

About 50,000 projected annual openings shape how to read Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants against First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, Proofreaders and Copy Markers, Brokerage Clerks, Financial Clerks, All Other.

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Same-major-group titles next to Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants: First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers ($70K) , Proofreaders and Copy Markers ($51K) , Brokerage Clerks ($66K) , Financial Clerks, All Other ($54K) . Hash-ordered per card so residual SOC siblings do not share an identical peer sentence.

What Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants publish as work

O*NET task statements for SOC 43-6011 - occupation-level descriptions, not every employer's posting. Sibling cards diverge here because the task set is entity-keyed.

  1. 1. Manage and maintain executives' schedules
  2. 2. Process payroll information
  3. 3. Make travel arrangements for executives
  4. 4. Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements, and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or pr…
  5. 5. Coordinate and direct office services, such as records, departmental finances, budget preparation, personnel issues, and housekeeping, to…
  6. 6. Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages
  7. 7. Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries
  8. 8. Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email
  9. 9. Greet visitors and determine whether they should be given access to specific individuals
  10. 10. Prepare agendas and make arrangements, such as coordinating catering for luncheons, for committee, board, and other meetings
  11. 11. Conduct research, compile data, and prepare papers for consideration and presentation by executives, committees, and boards of directors
  12. 12. Perform general office duties, such as ordering supplies, maintaining records management database systems, and performing basic bookkeepi…

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants: O*NET ranks Reading Comprehension first

Importance-ranked O*NET profile for SOC 43-6011 - lead skill Reading Comprehension at 4.0 ; lead knowledge Administrative. Sibling cards diverge here even when peer titles overlap.

Top skills

  1. 1. Reading Comprehension 4.0
  2. 2. Active Listening 4.0
  3. 3. Speaking 3.9
  4. 4. Writing 3.8
  5. 5. Service Orientation 3.8
  6. 6. Coordination 3.4
  7. 7. Critical Thinking 3.3
  8. 8. Social Perceptiveness 3.3

Knowledge areas

  1. 1. Administrative 4.5
  2. 2. English Language 4.2
  3. 3. Customer and Personal Service 3.5
  4. 4. Computers and Electronics 3.3
  5. 5. Administration and Management 3.2
  6. 6. Personnel and Human Resources 2.8
Projected annual openings
50,000
growth + transfers + exits
National median $76,590/yr
$77K
National median
↓ -2%
Growth 2024-2034
459,910
Estimated US jobs
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
Highest-pay peer · $70K

Typical Entry and Preparation Assignments

Entry education High school diploma or equivalent
Related experience Less than 5 years

Top Paying States for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

1. District of Columbia $90,850
2. Delaware $78,920
3. New Jersey $89,520
4. Washington $79,250
5. California $89,000
6. New York $80,640
7. Virginia $80,330
8. Massachusetts $82,650
9. Connecticut $82,520
10. Hawaii $80,710

Other Office and Administrative Support Occupations titles

  1. 1. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $69,500
  2. 2. Brokerage Clerks $65,750
  3. 3. Financial Clerks, All Other $53,830
  4. 4. Proofreaders and Copy Markers $51,120
  5. 5. Postal Service Mail Carriers $60,550
  6. 6. Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators $58,470

Roughly 50,000 projected annual openings (growth, transfers, exits) are the scale signal for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. Median pay is $76,590 in Office and Administrative Support Occupations.

Employment Projections expect -2% change between 2024 and 2034 (declining vs baseline 3.1%). BLS assigns High school diploma or equivalent as typical education needed for entry and less than 5 years as the typical related-work-experience category. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.

Highest published state median in this ranking: District of Columbia at $90,850. The table records differences without proving causes. Highest-pay peer shown here: First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers at $69,500. Compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area before treating the national median as a personal benchmark; OEWS excludes employer benefits.

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants pay-rank #1 in Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Among 54 detailed Office and Administrative Support Occupations with a published OEWS median, Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants is pay-rank #1, the upper third of that major group. The order is ROW_NUMBER on national median (title as tiebreak), not a worker-level percentile.

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Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Projections from BLS Employment Projections program, 2024-2034.

SOC 43-6011 · national median $76,590 · upper third of Office and Administrative Support Occupations (#1/54). Open the full OEWS map or a named state before treating the card median as a local ask.

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary map

State, metro, and percentile for SOC 43-6011

District of Columbia · top state for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

$91K published median

Delaware · #2 state pay

$79K · behind District of Columbia

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

Highest-pay peer vs Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants · $70K

Proofreaders and Copy Markers

Lower-pay peer beside Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants · $51K

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which Office and Administrative Support Occupations titles sit near Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants at the top of the pay table? ▼
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants is pay-rank #1 of 54 detailed Office and Administrative Support Occupations with an OEWS median, upper third. Nearest upper-third titles: First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers ($70K), Brokerage Clerks ($66K), Postal Service Clerks ($62K), Postal Service Mail Carriers ($61K). Rank is ROW_NUMBER on national median.
What do executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants do day to day? ▼
O*NET lists published task statements for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. Leading ones include: Manage and maintain executives' schedules; Process payroll information; Make travel arrangements for executives; Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements, and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or pr…. These are occupation-level task descriptions, not every employer's job description.
Which O*NET skills rank highest for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants? ▼
For SOC 43-6011, O*NET importance scores lead with Reading Comprehension (4.0), Active Listening (4.0), Speaking (3.9), Writing (3.8). Knowledge areas emphasize Administrative, English Language, Customer and Personal Service. These are occupation-level profiles, not a hiring checklist for every employer.
What is the OEWS national median for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants? ▼
May 2025 OEWS reports $76,590 as the national median for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. The published 10th-90th range is $50,560 to $109,850. Beside First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers ($69,500), this is the occupation-level national figure, not a local offer.
What employment change does BLS publish for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants? ▼
The 2024-2034 projection for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants is -2%. Projected annual openings: about 50,000. Relative to the current all-occupations baseline of 3.1%: declining.
Which three states show the highest OEWS medians for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants? ▼
District of Columbia ($90,850), Delaware ($78,920), New Jersey ($89,520) lead this ranking. The table does not identify why those state estimates differ.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage and state figures use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and education use BLS Employment Projections for 2024-2034; safety fields cite BLS CFOI/SOII; task statements cite O*NET where shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES Occupational wage estimates by area and industry · 2025

Federal sources on this Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants card
  • BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS / OES) - national median and percentiles for SOC 43-6011. bls.gov/oes
  • O*NET OnLine - task and skill statements for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. onetcenter.org
  • BLS Employment Projections - 2024-2034 change and openings for this occupation. bls.gov/emp
  • U.S. Census Bureau ACS - demographic and labor-force context for state and metro geography. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
  • IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) - payroll-tax aggregate context for wage comparisons. irs.gov/statistics