Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,295
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$21,225
23.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,723
New Jersey costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Jersey — 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
$89,520
Kept after tax
$68,295
Worth in national money
$62,723
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Jersey pays this job a middle wage of $89,520, ranking 2 of 51 states and sitting about 16.88% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations New Jersey reports figures for, this is number 139.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $89,520 the take-home is $68,295; in national-average money that behaves like $62,723. The average lands at $89,380, below the middle of the range.
- New Jersey's median for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants is $89,520, about 16.88% above the national figure and 2 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In New Jersey's occupational distribution, executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants sits at 139 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in New Jersey, on $89,520, is $68,295; deflated by the state's price level, $62,723. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $89,380 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $89,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,990 |
| This salary | $89,520 |
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 New Jersey | $68,295 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,807 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,172 |
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 | $84,527 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,432 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $89,520 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $60,000 and the ninetieth is $119,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $68,295, from $89,520, 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 139 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $62,723 uses one figure for the whole of New Jersey. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 139.
- The New Jersey median of $89,520 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $60,000 to $119,990. 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 New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $68,295 from $89,520. 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 139 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,723, worked from $89,520, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New Jersey address, on work sitting at 139 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $60,000 and the top tenth $119,990, so most people doing this work in New Jersey sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New Jersey costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $62,723 rather than its face figure.
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 New Jersey's own levy, $68,295 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($60,000 to $119,990) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New Jersey rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New Jersey's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $62,723 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $68,295 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New Jersey 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.