Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,221
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$18,249
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,190
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — 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
$78,470
Kept after tax
$60,221
Worth in national money
$61,190
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $78,470, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.45% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 170 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $78,470, tax leaves $60,221, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $61,190 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $79,810, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants, at $78,470 — about 2.45% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 170 of 490 in Minnesota 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.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants — median $78,470 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $60,221 retained, $61,190 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $79,810 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 | $58,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,760 |
| This salary | $78,470 |
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 Minnesota | $60,221 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,034 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,705 |
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 | $73,051 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,500 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $78,470 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,870 and the ninetieth is $101,760 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $60,221, from $78,470, 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 170 of 490 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $61,190, the adjusted value of that $78,470 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 170 of 490 in the state.
- The Minnesota median of $78,470 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,870 to $101,760. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $60,221 from $78,470. 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 170 of 490 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $61,190 — the adjusted value of that $78,470 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 170 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $58,870 at the bottom tenth to $101,760 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Minnesota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $61,190 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Minnesota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $60,221 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($58,870 to $101,760) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota'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 $61,190 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 $60,221 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota 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.