Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC · SOC 43-6011
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal Metro
Metro area salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025)
Geography used: wage and employment figures cover the full Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC BLS wage area, not only its central city; the comparison figure is the United States national estimate. Verify with the BLS OEWS source tables.
Median Salary
$62,270
per year in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro
19% below
National Median
$76,590
per year nationally
Hourly Rate
$29.94/hr
median hourly
Employment
70
jobs in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro
The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal pay distribution spans from $46,800 at the 10th percentile to $101,420 at the 90th, a 2.2× observed spread. Differences in specialization, employer, sector, location, credentials, schedule, and experience may all contribute, but OEWS does not isolate their effects. The 25th percentile sits at $56,160 and the 75th at $80,170, so half of Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal-based executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants earn within that middle band.
Metro figures use establishment work location, not worker residence. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. OEWS includes straight-time pay, tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses. It excludes employer health and retirement benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, signing bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. The same occupation's national profile, statewide SC estimate, and peer-metro rows provide distinct geographic comparisons. A published median is a benchmark, not a prediction or ceiling for one worker.
Salary Range in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal Metro
Annual Salary Distribution
Top Paying Jobs in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS data for the full Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC wage area. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2025.