A secondary battery electrode manufacturing method comprises applying a slurry for a first layer to a current collector, applying a slurry for a second layer to the slurry for the first layer before the slurry for the first layer dries, and drying the slurries to obtain a laminated structure in which the first and second layers are laminated in this order on the current collector. A first and second binder or thickener for the respective slurries are selected such that when viscosities are measured for a first solution including solvent and the first binder or thickener dissolved in the solvent in a specific mass ratio and a second solution including a solvent and the second binder or thickener dissolved in the solvent at the same mass ratio under the same conditions, the viscosity of the first solution is higher than the viscosity of the second solution.