Compared with the local labor market
Senior Project Assistant pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 20,850 people — is $82,850. Economic and Workforce Development Department pays a median base salary of $72,992 for this role, 12% below that figure — about the 33rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Economic and Workforce Development Department sits in the local pay range
$58,430
$68,000
$82,850
$100,850
$122,200
Economic and Workforce Development Department median · $72,992
The bar is the range of annual wages for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Economic and Workforce Development Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 459,910 people — is $76,590. Economic and Workforce Development Department’s median base salary is 5% below that national figure, about the 44th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$50,560
$61,390
$76,590
$94,390
$109,850
Economic and Workforce Development Department median · $72,992
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Economic and Workforce Development Department is $91,713, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across City of Los Angeles
Senior Project Assistant is held in 2 City of Los Angeles departments. In Economic and Workforce Development Department, the median of $91,713 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Senior Project Assistant role in other City of Los Angelesdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.