Massachusetts · 2025 pay · 133 people
How much does an admin assistant make in Massachusetts?
$72,455typical pay for a admin assistant in 2025
$60,834 – $84,250what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 4.9% from 2024.
✓ Official data from City of Boston · Matches the agency's latest release · boston.gov ↗✓ Official data from Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU) · Matches the agency's latest release · macomptroller.org ↗
Where admin assistants work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Pay by level
Levels with 5 or more people.
- Admin Assistant I12 people$65,113
- Admin Assistant106 people$71,678
- Admin Assistant III5 people$79,609
- Admin Assistant II9 people$85,362
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Admin Assistant (this page)$72,455 (everyone)
- Supervising Admin Assistant$77,309 (everyone)
- Admin Manager$81,239 (everyone)
- Senior Admin Assistant$95,128 (everyone)
Highest-paid admin assistants, 2025
Common questions
How much does an admin assistant make in Massachusetts?
The typical admin assistant was paid $72,455 in 2025; most earned between $60,834 and $84,250. This counts all 133 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 3.5% of all pay for admin assistants in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Admin Assistant, at any level (for example "Admin Assistant I"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this