Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,262
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$13,578
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,551
Michigan costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Michigan — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$66,840
Kept after tax
$53,262
Worth in national money
$56,551
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Michigan pays this job around $66,840 at the midpoint, 29 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 174 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $66,840 you keep $53,262 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $56,551 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $70,990, since top earners drag the number up.
- For executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants the Michigan median is $66,840, ranking 29 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 174 of 493 in Michigan places executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Michigan is $53,262 after the full tax stack, from $66,840. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $56,551 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $70,990 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,400 |
| This salary | $66,840 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Michigan | $53,262 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,852 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$925 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $63,574 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,161 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Michigan earn under $66,840 and half over. The published range runs $47,810 at the tenth percentile to $99,400 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $53,262, from $66,840, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 174 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Michigan, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $56,551, the adjusted value of that $66,840 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 174 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,810 to $99,400; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Michigan is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $53,262 from $66,840. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 174 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Michigan, so $56,551 — the adjusted value of that $66,840 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 174 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $70,990, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $47,810 and the top tenth $99,400 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Michigan is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $56,551 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Michigan's own levy, $53,262 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Michigan is $70,990. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($47,810) and the ninetieth ($99,400) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Michigan's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $56,551 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $53,262 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Michigan income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.