San Francisco · United States
Executive Assistant salary in San Francisco
The median salary in Executive Assistant job ads in San Francisco, United States is $142,500 a year (about $11,875 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $135,000 to $150,000, based on 9 salaries from 8 employers, updated 8 Nov 2026.
Official benchmark · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants: official pay in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, May 2025
In the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants (SOC 43-6011) earned a median $105,190 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 9 job ads for San Francisco jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $142,500.
- 10th percentile
- $69,990
- 25th percentile
- $86,130
- Median
- $105,190
- 75th percentile
- $127,280
- 90th percentile
- $151,750
Jobiba's job-ad median is 36% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are Sierra. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
Occupation: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants (SOC 43-6011) · 11,250 jobs · per year, before tax. Annual wages of all wage and salary workers in the occupation in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area, all industries and employer sizes (self-employed excluded) — not only jobs that are advertised. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (metropolitan area data) (public domain), retrieved 1 Nov 2026.
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- Median in job ads
- $142,500
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $135,000
- Oct 2026
- Low $135,000 · Oct 2026
- Salaries
- 9
- from 8 employers
- Last updated
- 8 Nov 2026
- 12-month window to 8 Nov 2026
Salary range
Where pay sits in San Francisco
- 10th percentile
- $131,500
- 25th percentile
- $135,000
- Median
- $142,500
- 75th percentile
- $150,000
- 90th percentile
- $165,060
9 salaries · 17 live local jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Compared with the United States median of 63 salaries: up +32.6%
Based on 9 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 8 Nov 2026
Pay listed by employers
Latest Executive Assistant jobs that show their pay in San Francisco
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Executive AssistantHiggsfield · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$110,000 – $175,000
- Executive Assistant (to the CEO)Blacksmith · posted 7 Nov 2026$160,000 – $185,000
- Executive AssistantHarvey · posted 6 Nov 2026$125,000 – $150,000
- Executive AssistantServal · Mid level · posted 4 Nov 2026$100,000 – $190,000
- Executive Assistant, Legal & PartnershipsSierra · Senior level · posted 26 Oct 2026$130,000 – $170,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
9 salaries from 8 employers, posted between 8 Nov 2025 and 8 Nov 2026. Last updated 8 Nov 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 100%
Frequently asked questions
Executive Assistant salary in San Francisco: common questions
What is the average Executive Assistant salary in San Francisco in 2026?
In the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants (SOC 43-6011) earned a median $105,190 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 9 job ads for San Francisco jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $142,500. The middle half of those job ads pay between $135,000 and $150,000 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
Why is Executive Assistant pay in job ads different from the BLS figure?
Jobiba's job-ad median is 36% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are Sierra. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
How does Executive Assistant pay in San Francisco compare with the United States median?
The Executive Assistant median in San Francisco is +32.6% versus the United States median for the same role on Jobiba.
How does Jobiba calculate Executive Assistant salary in San Francisco?
From 9 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.