SALARY · SECRETARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS, EXCEPT LEGAL, MEDICAL, AND EXECUTIVE · MASSACHUSETTS

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive salary in Massachusetts

This is not a guess and it is not a job ad. It is the published BLS figure for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Massachusetts, where the median was $57,940 a year. I keep the source on every page because a salary number without a source is just a story.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$57,940

$28 per hour at the median · That is $10,400 (21.9 percent) above the national median of $47,540 for this occupation.

$58,380Mean annual salary
$28Mean hourly wage
$37,750People employed in this job in Massachusetts

Salary range

25th: $48,150Median: $57,94075th: $64,240
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$48,150
Median (50th percentile)$57,940
75th percentile$64,240
Mean$58,380

The middle half of workers earned from $48,150 to $64,240 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$46,058 a year
$3,838 a month
Federal tax $4,773 · FICA $4,432 · State tax $2,677

Caveat: the Massachusetts figure excludes the optional Social Security and Medicare deduction, worth up to $100 of tax.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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