How much do Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants make in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT?

Percentile spread

For Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $50,200 and the 90th percentile is $101,600. The difference is $51,400, which is 67.4% 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 $62,990 to the 75th at $90,460, covers $27,470.

The mean annual wage is $76,700, which sits above the median of $76,250. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT median is 0.4% lower than the national median of $76,590 for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $75,912, which is 0.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.6% lower than the Connecticut median of $82,520.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is 100.445, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $76,250 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants at $75,912 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

21 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT ranks 10th of 22 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).).

• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 27 miles away, with a median of $80,370 and employment of 2,750. That median is 5.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,222, against $75,912 here.
• New Haven, CT is 40 miles away, with a median of $80,620 and employment of 800. That median is 5.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,105, against $75,912 here.
• Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 45 miles away, with a median of $76,450 and employment of 1,520. That median is 0.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,118, against $75,912 here.

Employment share

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants accounts for 0.26% of wage-and-salary employment in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT (330 of 126,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.30% of employment (459,910 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.88 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.