Executive Assistant salary
What an executive assistant actually earns, from 1,133 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-07.
Switch the market above to see executive assistant pay in the 6 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
An executive assistant earns a blended US median near 73,488 dollars, with the typical middle running from 54,612 dollars to 98,289 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 74,260 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 22 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 58,791 dollars to 67,547 dollars. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is customer support specialist, at 14 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open executive assistant roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Assitant/e de projet at EMCO Partenaires SACrissier, Vaud, SwitzerlandTodayApply
- Assitant gérance & direction at Groupe SF Immo SAChâbles FR, Fribourg, SwitzerlandTodayApply
- Assistenz der Geschäftsführung und Office Assistant at Horváth & Partner AGKloten, Zürich, SwitzerlandTodayApply
- Assistenz der Geschäftsführung at Horváth & Partner AGKloten, Zürich, SwitzerlandTodayApply
Senior Executive Assistant (CEO & C-Suite Support) - Remote at PavagoJamaica · Remote1d agoApply
Executive Assistant at Remote RavenPhilippines · Remote1d agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$54,612$73,488$98,289
- Canada$41,432$50,612$57,842
- United Kingdom$44,488$52,034$64,214
- Australia$61,253$72,063$82,872
- France$52,261$63,729$72,004
- Netherlands$56,442$65,674$86,962
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 7'900/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 33 Betriebswirtschaftliche und kaufmännische Fachkräfte und Verwaltungsfachkräfte: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 94'800 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- California$84,790
- New Jersey$83,740
- New York$82,580
- Massachusetts$79,360
- Delaware$78,480
- Washington$78,140
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness an executive assistant profile already covers.
- 159 open financial controller roles$137,907 median · +$64,419 · 13% readiness
- 600 open project manager roles$126,708 median · +$53,220 · 22% readiness
- 600 open business analyst roles$122,339 median · +$48,851 · 24% readiness
- 600 open construction manager roles$100,796 median · +$27,308 · 23% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for an executive assistant.
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Quick answers
How much does an executive assistant make?
The blended US median is about 73,488 dollars, with a typical range from 54,612 dollars to 98,289 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 74,260 dollars.
What can an executive assistant move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is customer support specialist, at 14 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 43-6011. Live corpus 1,133 observations, 2026-09-07. Definitions in the glossary.