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Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants pay in Hot Springs, AR and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants is $49,150 per year in Hot Springs, AR. It is $106,220 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Hot Springs, AR is 53.7% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-6011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs in Hot Springs, AR and 5,300 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.