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Senior Management Assistant

Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.

5 employees hold this title in Health and Senior Services. Median total compensation for the role is $61,484, below the department median of $76,462.

Employees
5
Total payroll
$276.2K
Role median
$61,484
Agency median
$76,462
Comparison
Below

Compared with the local labor market

Senior Management Assistant pay vs. New Jersey

Across all employers in New Jersey, the median wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 11,690 people — is $89,520. Health and Senior Services pays a median base salary of $67,593 for this role, 24% below that figureabout the 18th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Health and Senior Services sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$60,000
$74,840
$89,520
$103,290
$119,990
Health and Senior Services median · $67,593

The bar is the range of annual wages for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants across every employer in New Jersey, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Health and Senior Services’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. Health and Senior Services’s median base salary is 12% below that national figure, about the 35th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$50,560
$61,390
$76,590
$94,390
$109,850
Health and Senior Services median · $67,593

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 New Jersey range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 4 of 5 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Health and Senior Services is $61,484, 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 New Jersey

Senior Management Assistant is held in 8 New Jersey departments. In Health and Senior Services, the median of $61,484 ranks #6 of 8.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Senior Management Assistant role in other New Jerseydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Senior Management Assistant beyond New Jersey

This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In New Jersey, the median of $69,384 ranks #3 of 3. See Senior Management Assistant across all of New Jersey

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Arkansas
$120,000 · 11

Median total compensation for comparable Senior Management Assistantroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list

Employees with this title

Page 1

Irene Hanna

Senior Management Assistant/Health and Senior Services

2024 total comp
$80,133
Sub-department
Division of Epidemiology,Environmental&Occupational Health Services
Base pay
$79,235
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$898
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$80,133
Hire date
null
Union / bargaining unit
Professional Unit (Cwa) - Unit P
Pay basis
Annual
Middle name
null

Source-specific fields

As-of Date
Dec 31, 2024
Calendar Quarter
4
Full Name
Hanna, Irene
Paid Section Description
null
Payroll ID
130855
Record Type
Master
Salary Hourly Rate
$82,266
Year-to-Date Earnings
$80,133

Irene Hanna holds the role of Senior Management Assistant at Health and Senior Services within Division of Epidemiology,Environmental&Occupational Health Services. Their hire date on record is null. In 2024, their total compensation was $80,133. They are represented by Professional Unit (Cwa) - Unit P.

Kristen Ruttley

Senior Management Assistant/Health and Senior Services

2024 total comp
$76,947
Sub-department
Division of Epidemiology,Environmental&Occupational Health Services
Base pay
$74,343
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$2,604
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$76,947
Hire date
null
Union / bargaining unit
Professional Unit (Cwa) - Unit P
Pay basis
Annual
Middle name
M

Source-specific fields

As-of Date
Dec 31, 2024
Calendar Quarter
4
Full Name
Ruttley, Kristen M
Paid Section Description
null
Payroll ID
171496
Record Type
Master
Salary Hourly Rate
$79,394
Year-to-Date Earnings
$76,947

Kristen Ruttley is a Senior Management Assistant at Health and Senior Services within Division of Epidemiology,Environmental&Occupational Health Services. Records show a hire date of null. 2024 total compensation came to $76,947. They are represented by Professional Unit (Cwa) - Unit P.

Sean Connors

Senior Management Assistant/Health and Senior Services

2024 total comp
$61,484
Sub-department
Health Facilities Evaluation and Licensing
Base pay
$60,842
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$642
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$61,484
Hire date
null
Union / bargaining unit
Professional Unit (Cwa) - Unit P
Pay basis
Annual
Middle name
null

Source-specific fields

As-of Date
Dec 31, 2024
Calendar Quarter
4
Full Name
Connors, Sean
Paid Section Description
null
Payroll ID
171487
Record Type
Master
Salary Hourly Rate
$62,164
Year-to-Date Earnings
$61,484

At Health and Senior Services, Sean Connors serves as a Senior Management Assistant within Health Facilities Evaluation and Licensing. Records show a hire date of null. Their 2024 pay totaled $61,484. They are represented by Professional Unit (Cwa) - Unit P.

Kelley Paletko

Senior Management Assistant/Health and Senior Services

2024 total comp
$42,809
Sub-department
Division of Epidemiology,Environmental&Occupational Health Services
Base pay
$37,638
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$5,171
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$42,809
Hire date
null
Union / bargaining unit
Professional Unit (Cwa) - Unit P
Pay basis
Annual
Middle name
E

Source-specific fields

As-of Date
Dec 31, 2024
Calendar Quarter
4
Full Name
Paletko, Kelley E
Paid Section Description
null
Payroll ID
166892
Record Type
Master
Salary Hourly Rate
$65,036
Year-to-Date Earnings
$42,809

Kelley Paletko is a Senior Management Assistant at Health and Senior Services within Division of Epidemiology,Environmental&Occupational Health Services. Records show a hire date of null. 2024 total compensation came to $42,809. They are represented by Professional Unit (Cwa) - Unit P.

Tammy Romsdahl

Senior Management Assistant/Health and Senior Services

2023 total comp
$14,871
Sub-department
Division of Epidemiology,Environmental&Occupational Health Services
Base pay
$13,492
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,379
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$14,871
Hire date
null
Union / bargaining unit
Professional Unit (Cwa) - Unit P
Pay basis
Annual
Middle name
null

Source-specific fields

As-of Date
Dec 31, 2023
Calendar Quarter
4
Full Name
Romsdahl, Tammy
Paid Section Description
null
Payroll ID
154970
Record Type
Master
Salary Hourly Rate
$60,712
Year-to-Date Earnings
$14,871

Tammy Romsdahl works as a Senior Management Assistant for Health and Senior Services within Division of Epidemiology,Environmental&Occupational Health Services. Their hire date on record is null. Tammy earned $14,871 in 2023. Their bargaining unit is Professional Unit (Cwa) - Unit P.