Executive Assistant salary in the Alaska nonmetro area

Pay in the Alaska nonmetro area against Alaska and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in the Alaska nonmetro area earns $54,600–$79,080. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $92,610, only 1.8 times the bottom tenth, against 2.2 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $24,480 wide, between the figure for Alaska ($23,010) and the US figure ($33,000).

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,260 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $12,220, or about $15,768 once benefits are added. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $76,590 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in the Alaska nonmetro area, and the Alaska statewide median of $66,210 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in the Alaska nonmetro area

At the $66,860 median, a local hire costs about $86,271 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,411 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

Our open executive assistant roles pay $800–$1,100 a month under a direct contract. The one-time fee is $2,500³ with a 180-day replacement; paying through Deel adds $49 a month⁴. Change any number below to match your plan.

A local hire here costs about 6.0 times as much as a remote hire in year one at the midpoint of our range. From year two, when the fee drops out, it is 7.2 times the remote figure of $11,988. About the candidates: most apply through our assessment platform with a written and a spoken English task; each profile shows the English level (B1–C2); Silkstaff interviews every shortlisted candidate live, in English, before you meet them.

Other roles in the Alaska nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Alaska nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($68,900) and marketing specialists ($66,710). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,020.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #15 of the 16 roles we track in the Alaska nonmetro area (-12.7%), between sales development representatives (-8.1%) and marketing specialists (-15.3%). The typical role here is at +3.8%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in the Alaska nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Alaska nonmetro area, 4.1% across Alaska and 2.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Alaska

Across the 3 areas of Alaska with data for this job, the median runs from $64,310 in Fairbanks-College to $66,860 in the Alaska nonmetro area, a gap of $2,550 a year. The one area in Alaska with more executive assistants, Anchorage, AK ($66,110), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

the Alaska nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Alaska nonmetro area is #112 of 506 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Alaska, Wheeling and Tuscaloosa pay just above the Alaska nonmetro area and Fayetteville and Portland-South Portland just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the Alaska nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, two pay more.

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