Average Executive Secretaries And Executive Administrative Assistants Salary in Minnesota

Executive Secretaries And Executive Administrative Assistants in Minnesota earn a median annual salary of $76,850, which is +3.5% compared to the national median. There are 7,830 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Minnesota (state).

$76,850

Minnesota median annual wage

$37/hour median

+3.5%

Difference vs national median

National median is $74,260

7,830

Local employment

2.7 jobs per 1,000 workers

0.87

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $53,920
25th: $62,700
Median: $76,850
75th: $85,970
90th: $98,520

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Minnesota, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

98.6%

Exact state RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$77,925

Goods: 100.5%
Services: 90.8%
Rents: 91.3%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
District of Columbia	$85,520	Compare	4,640
California	$84,790	Compare	63,250
New Jersey	$83,740	Compare	12,850
Connecticut	$80,510	Compare	6,660
New York	$80,490	Compare	88,830
Massachusetts	$79,360	Compare	16,630

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Minnesota

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Podiatrists	$224,280	0.83
Physicists	$222,550	0.15
Pediatricians, General	$212,380	1.10
Dentists, General	$209,820	1.16
Chief Executives	$194,160	1.67
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers	$184,560	N/A
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates	$182,790	0.97
Air Traffic Controllers	$176,030	1.49

Minnesota has salary data for 731 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Podiatrists.

Historical series

Trend for Executive Secretaries And Executive Administrative Assistants in Minnesota

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Executive Secretaries And Executive Administrative Assistants are projected to change by -1.6% from 2024 to 2034, with 50,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.