Compared with the local labor market
Project Assistant pay vs. New York
Across all employers in New York, the median wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 88,890 people — is $80,640. New York State Thruway Authority pays a median base salary of $35,096 for this role, 56% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where New York State Thruway Authority sits in the local pay range
$61,420
$68,470
$80,640
$100,400
$122,440
New York State Thruway Authority median · $35,096
The bar is the range of annual wages for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants across every employer in New York, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows New York State Thruway Authority’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. New York State Thruway Authority’s median base salary is 54% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$50,560
$61,390
$76,590
$94,390
$109,850
New York State Thruway Authority median · $35,096
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 York range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at New York State Thruway Authority is $35,942, 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 York Public Authorities
Project Assistant is held in 3 New York Public Authorities departments. In New York State Thruway Authority, the median of $97,535 ranks #1 of 3.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Project Assistant role in other New York Public Authoritiesdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Project Assistant beyond New York Public Authorities
This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In New York Public Authorities, the median of $37,900 ranks #3 of 5. See Project Assistant across all of New York Public Authorities →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Project 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.