Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,596
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$13,004
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,643
Ohio costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Ohio — 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
$69,600
Kept after tax
$56,596
Worth in national money
$61,643
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays this job around $69,600 at the midpoint, 23 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 170 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $69,600 you keep $56,596, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $61,643 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $72,060, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants the Ohio median is $69,600, ranking 23 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 170 of 494 in Ohio 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.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants on $69,600 is $56,596. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $61,643 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $72,060 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $69,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,330 |
| This salary | $69,600 |
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 Ohio | $56,596 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $57,794 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,170 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $67,898 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,997 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Ohio earn less than $69,600. The published range is $47,480 up to $99,330, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $56,596, worked from $69,600. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 170 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $61,643, the adjusted value of that $69,600 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 494 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,480 to $99,330. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Ohio take-home of $56,596, on $69,600 for work ranking 170 of 494 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 170 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $61,643 — the adjusted value of that $69,600 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 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $72,060, 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 $47,480 and the top tenth $99,330 — 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. Ohio is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $61,643 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 Ohio adds its own income tax on top — which is why $56,596 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 Ohio is $72,060. 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 ($47,480) and the ninetieth ($99,330) 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?
Ohio'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 $61,643 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 $56,596 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Ohio 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.