Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City
$53,310avg. a year
$25.63 an hour · 122,680 employed
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area earn an average of $53,310 a year. That is $1,820 (4%) more than the New York average of $51,490. The U.S. average is $49,350.
$51,440Median pay
$25.63Average hourly
+4%vs. New York average
122,680Jobs in this metro
Other New York metro areas
Average pay for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in other New York metro areas. Swipe to see all 12.
17,690 jobs
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
$50,910
$24.48 an hour
2920 jobs
Kingston, NY
$50,190
$24.13 an hour
34,950 jobs
Syracuse, NY
$50,110
$24.09 an hour
4900 jobs
Ithaca, NY
$49,730
$23.91 an hour
53,620 jobs
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
$49,290
$23.70 an hour
66,230 jobs
Rochester, NY
$48,090
$23.12 an hour
76,470 jobs
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
$47,970
$23.06 an hour
8640 jobs
Glens Falls, NY
$47,420
$22.80 an hour
91,420 jobs
Binghamton, NY
$47,370
$22.77 an hour
10500 jobs
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
$47,130
$22.66 an hour
111,490 jobs
Utica-Rome, NY
$46,970
$22.58 an hour
12530 jobs
Elmira, NY
$45,120
$21.69 an hour
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How New York-Newark-Jersey City compares
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Questions and answers
How much do secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive make in New York-Newark-Jersey City?
The average is $53,310 a year, and the median is $51,440. About 122,680 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the New York average?
That is $1,820 (4%) more than the New York average of $51,490.
Is this job common in New York-Newark-Jersey City?
It makes up 12.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 1.18 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: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 35620). 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.