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Executive Assistant pay in San Francisco
What executive assistants in the San Francisco metro earn, from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 — and what 27 open roles advertise today.
$105,190
MEDIAN PAY
43-6011
OCCUPATION CODE
Half of executive assistants in San Francisco earn between $86,130 and $127,280. One in ten earn less than $69,990; one in ten earn more than $151,750.
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA · 11,250 employed
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Open roles advertise
$110k–$145k · from 21 postings with a stated range, last 90 days · 27 open roles
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What the work is
Provide high-level administrative support by conducting research, preparing statistical reports, and handling information requests, as well as performing routine administrative functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings. May also train and supervise lower-level clerical staff.
- Manage and maintain executives' schedules.
- Make travel arrangements for executives.
- Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements, and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software.
- Coordinate and direct office services, such as records, departmental finances, budget preparation, personnel issues, and housekeeping, to aid executives.
- Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages.
- Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries.
Summary and tasks from O*NET OnLine, 43-6011.00 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants, O*NET 31.0.
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About this data
Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (public domain; BLS is the source and does not vouch for this page). This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
Licences: O*NET database licence (CC BY 4.0) · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Survey figures released 15 May 2026. A figure the survey withholds is left out, never estimated. The open roles beside them are the San Francisco hub's, whose machine-readable twin is at /jobs/executive-assistant/san-francisco/data.json.