How much do Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants make in Santa Fe, NM?

Percentile spread

For Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $54,140 and the 90th percentile is $95,680. The difference is $41,540, which is 51.0% 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 $72,530 to the 75th at $89,440, covers $16,910.

The mean annual wage is $79,790, which sits below the median of $81,410. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Santa Fe, NM median is 6.3% higher than the national median of $76,590 for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $82,426, which is 7.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.2% higher than the New Mexico median of $73,890.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Santa Fe, NM is 98.767, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $81,410 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants at $82,426 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. Santa Fe, NM ranks 1st of 3 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).).

• Albuquerque, NM is 39 miles away, with a median of $73,160 and employment of 1,160. That median is 10.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,570, against $82,426 here.
• Farmington, NM is 149 miles away, with a median of $68,590 and employment of 100. That median is 15.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,204, against $82,426 here.

Employment share

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants accounts for 0.97% of wage-and-salary employment in Santa Fe, NM (600 of 61,770). Nationally the occupation is 0.30% of employment (459,910 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.28 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.