Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants pay in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$82,780avg. a year
$39.80 an hour · 8,290 employed
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area earn an average of $82,780 a year. That is $7,480 (10%) more than the Texas average of $75,300. The U.S. average is $79,140.
$80,230Median pay
$39.80Average hourly
+10%vs. Texas average
8,290Jobs in this metro
Other Texas metro areas
Average pay for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in other Texas metro areas. Swipe to see all 23.
17,390 jobs
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
$77,150
$37.09 an hour
2110 jobs
Odessa, TX
$75,520
$36.31 an hour
31,910 jobs
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
$75,000
$36.06 an hour
48,560 jobs
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
$73,170
$35.18 an hour
5240 jobs
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
$72,300
$34.76 an hour
6320 jobs
Corpus Christi, TX
$70,390
$33.84 an hour
7270 jobs
Waco, TX
$70,080
$33.69 an hour
850 jobs
Victoria, TX
$68,640
$33.00 an hour
9210 jobs
Tyler, TX
$68,060
$32.72 an hour
10180 jobs
Amarillo, TX
$67,920
$32.65 an hour
11420 jobs
College Station-Bryan, TX
$67,920
$32.65 an hour
12170 jobs
Longview, TX
$67,840
$32.62 an hour
1350 jobs
Sherman-Denison, TX
$67,330
$32.37 an hour
14190 jobs
Abilene, TX
$66,920
$32.17 an hour
1590 jobs
San Angelo, TX
$66,660
$32.05 an hour
16330 jobs
Lubbock, TX
$66,190
$31.82 an hour
17420 jobs
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
$64,800
$31.16 an hour
18300 jobs
Killeen-Temple, TX
$64,220
$30.87 an hour
19450 jobs
El Paso, TX
$64,060
$30.80 an hour
2070 jobs
Wichita Falls, TX
$61,430
$29.54 an hour
21190 jobs
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
$60,840
$29.25 an hour
22120 jobs
Laredo, TX
$60,000
$28.85 an hour
2380 jobs
Texarkana, TX-AR
$58,300
$28.03 an hour
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How Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington compares
Pay range: metro vs. state vs. U.S.
Annual wage percentiles, May 2025
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Questions and answers
How much do executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington?
The average is $82,780 a year, and the median is $80,230. About 8,290 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Texas average?
That is $7,480 (10%) more than the Texas average of $75,300.
Is this job common in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington?
It makes up 2.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 0.69 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: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 19100). 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.