Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,678
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$14,242
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,733
Wisconsin costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Wisconsin — 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
$68,920
Kept after tax
$54,678
Worth in national money
$58,733
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $68,920, ranking 25 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 173 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $68,920 you keep $54,678 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $58,733 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $70,380, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wisconsin occupies the middle band for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants: a median of $68,920, ranking 25 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 173 of 491 in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin is $54,678 after the full tax stack, from $68,920. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $58,733 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $70,380 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 | $51,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,190 |
| This salary | $68,920 |
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 Wisconsin | $54,678 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $57,315 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$249 |
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 | $65,337 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$344 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
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 Wisconsin earn under $68,920 and half over. The published range runs $51,250 at the tenth percentile to $93,190 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $54,678 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $68,920. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 173 of 491.
- Two cautions on $58,733, the adjusted value of that $68,920 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Wisconsin. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 173 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,250 to $93,190; 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.
- Retained pay of $54,678, from $68,920, assumes a single Wisconsin filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 173 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 25 of 51 for it.
- This $58,733 adjusted figure, worked from $68,920, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 173 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 173 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $51,250 at the tenth percentile, $93,190 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Wisconsin sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $58,733 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 Wisconsin's own levy, $54,678 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,250 to $93,190) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Wisconsin rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Wisconsin'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 $58,733 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 $54,678 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Wisconsin 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.