Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton
$59,390avg. a year
$28.56 an hour · 28,540 employed
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earn an average of $59,390 a year. That is about the same as the Massachusetts average of $58,380. The U.S. average is $49,350.
$59,330Median pay
$28.56Average hourly
+2%vs. Massachusetts average
28,540Jobs in this metro
Other Massachusetts metro areas
Average pay for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in other Massachusetts metro areas. Swipe to see all 6.
1990 jobs
Barnstable Town, MA
$56,210
$27.02 an hour
23,550 jobs
Worcester, MA
$54,320
$26.12 an hour
31,900 jobs
Springfield, MA
$53,580
$25.76 an hour
47,020 jobs
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
$53,440
$25.69 an hour
5600 jobs
Pittsfield, MA
$53,210
$25.58 an hour
61,250 jobs
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
$51,620
$24.82 an hour
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How Boston-Cambridge-Newton compares
Pay range: metro vs. state vs. U.S.
Annual wage percentiles, May 2025
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Questions and answers
How much do secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive make in Boston-Cambridge-Newton?
The average is $59,390 a year, and the median is $59,330. About 28,540 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Massachusetts average?
That is about the same as the Massachusetts average of $58,380.
Is this job common in Boston-Cambridge-Newton?
It makes up 10.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 0.96 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 43-6014. Metro area: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 14460). 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.