City and County of San Francisco / Executive Secretary
Role across City and County of San Francisco
Executive Secretary
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
110 people hold the Executive Secretary role across 28 departments in City and County of San Francisco, with a median total compensation of $150,672. Among 13 jurisdictions where this role is reported, City and County of San Francisco ranks #2 by median pay.
- Employees
- 110
- Median pay
- $150,672
- Departments
- 28
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #2 of 13
Compared with the local labor market
Executive Secretary pay vs. the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area
Across all employers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area, the median wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 11,250 people — is $105,190. City and County of San Francisco pays a median base salary of $106,439 for this role, 1% above that figure — about the 51st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where City and County of San Francisco sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants across every employer in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows City and County of San Francisco’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. City and County of San Francisco’s median base salary is 39% above that national figure, about the 87th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 101 of 110 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at City and County of San Francisco is $150,672, 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 jurisdictions
Executive Secretary pay in other jurisdictions
Where Executive Secretarys are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Executive Secretary roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.
Within City and County of San Francisco
Departments with this role
Largest City and County of San Francisco departments for this role
Departments in City and County of San Francisco employing the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.