SOC 43-6011 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants make in Elizabethtown, KY?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in Elizabethtown, KY is $64,320. The 10th percentile is $46,010 and the 90th percentile is $89,060. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$64,320

10th percentile
$46,010
25th percentile
$53,070
Median
$64,320
75th percentile
$76,320
90th percentile
$89,060
Mean
$67,130

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $46,010 and the 90th percentile is $89,060. The difference is $43,050, which is 66.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $53,070 to the 75th at $76,320, covers $23,250.

The mean annual wage is $67,130, which sits above the median of $64,320. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Elizabethtown, KY median is 16% lower than the national median of $76,590 for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $71,015, which is 7.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.1% higher than the Kentucky median of $62,410.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Elizabethtown, KY is 90.572, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $64,320 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants at $71,015 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

22 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. Elizabethtown, KY ranks 6th of 23 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 41 miles away, with a median of $63,380 and employment of 890. That median is 1.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,096, against $71,015 here.
  • Bowling Green, KY is 50 miles away, with a median of $64,290 and employment of 60. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,292, against $71,015 here.
  • Owensboro, KY is 69 miles away, with a median of $54,990 and employment of 40. That median is 14.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,058, against $71,015 here.

Employment share

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Elizabethtown, KY (40 of 51,540). Nationally the occupation is 0.30% of employment (459,910 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.26 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants make in Elizabethtown, KY?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in Elizabethtown, KY is $64,320. The 10th percentile is $46,010 and the 90th percentile is $89,060. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants?

The local median is 16% lower than the national median of $76,590.

What is Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants pay in Elizabethtown, KY after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Elizabethtown, KY is 90.572, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $64,320 is $71,015. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Elizabethtown, KY compare with nearby metros for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants?

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 41 miles away, at $63,380. Elizabethtown, KY ranks 6th of 23 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.