How much do Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

Percentile spread

For Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $69,990 and the 90th percentile is $151,750. The difference is $81,760, which is 77.7% 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 $86,130 to the 75th at $127,280, covers $41,150.

The mean annual wage is $108,260, which sits above the median of $105,190. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 37.3% higher than the national median of $76,590 for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $90,985, which is 18.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.2% higher than the California median of $89,000.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $105,190 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants at $90,985 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 2nd of 17 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).).

• Vallejo, CA is 39 miles away, with a median of $86,190 and employment of 230. That median is 18.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,453, against $90,985 here.
• Napa, CA is 51 miles away, with a median of $84,640 and employment of 180. That median is 19.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,199, against $90,985 here.
• Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA is 55 miles away, with a median of $84,090 and employment of 260. That median is 20.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,518, against $90,985 here.

Employment share

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants accounts for 0.47% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (11,250 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.30% of employment (459,910 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.60 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.