Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin
$79,710avg. a year
$38.32 an hour · 10,620 employed
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area earn an average of $79,710 a year. That is $3,100 (4%) more than the Illinois average of $76,610. The U.S. average is $79,140.
$77,770Median pay
$38.32Average hourly
+4%vs. Illinois average
10,620Jobs in this metro
Other Illinois metro areas
Average pay for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in other Illinois metro areas. Swipe to see all 11.
1830 jobs
Springfield, IL
$76,290
$36.68 an hour
2260 jobs
Bloomington, IL
$73,350
$35.26 an hour
3260 jobs
Champaign-Urbana, IL
$72,870
$35.04 an hour
460 jobs
Kankakee, IL
$72,870
$35.04 an hour
560 jobs
Paducah, KY-IL
$70,040
$33.67 an hour
63,990 jobs
St. Louis, MO-IL
$68,970
$33.16 an hour
7160 jobs
Rockford, IL
$68,210
$32.79 an hour
8270 jobs
Peoria, IL
$67,370
$32.39 an hour
980 jobs
Decatur, IL
$65,800
$31.63 an hour
10340 jobs
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
$62,230
$29.92 an hour
1190 jobs
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
$54,080
$26.00 an hour
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How Chicago-Naperville-Elgin compares
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Questions and answers
How much do executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin?
The average is $79,710 a year, and the median is $77,770. About 10,620 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Illinois average?
That is $3,100 (4%) more than the Illinois average of $76,610.
Is this job common in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin?
It makes up 2.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 0.80 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 43-6011. Metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 16980). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.