Executive Assistant salary in Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ

Pay in Allentown-Bethlehem against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Allentown-Bethlehem earns $57,610–$82,410. The top tenth earns $94,770 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.2 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $24,800 wide, against $26,080 across Pennsylvania and $33,000 nationally: employers in Allentown-Bethlehem pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $14,120 a year in pay and about $18,219 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $10,680 in pay. 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 Allentown-Bethlehem, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $75,270 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Allentown-Bethlehem

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $19,826 to the $68,290 median and brings it to $88,116 a year. 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.

For the $88,116 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 6.1 remote hires in year one at the midpoint of our range. From year two the fee drops out and the remote figure is $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 Allentown-Bethlehem

Of the 17 roles we track in Allentown-Bethlehem, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($70,040) and marketing specialists ($67,740). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,050.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Allentown-Bethlehem (-10.8%), between recruiters (-7.8%) and marketing specialists (-14.0%). The typical role here is at -3.0%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Allentown-Bethlehem than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 1.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Allentown-Bethlehem, 2.3% across Pennsylvania and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $54,080 in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area to $79,490 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $25,410 a year. All 3 areas in Pennsylvania with more executive assistants than Allentown-Bethlehem also pay more, among them Philadelphia-Camden, PA-NJ ($79,490) and Pittsburgh, PA ($69,030).

Allentown-Bethlehem against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Allentown-Bethlehem is #94 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 Pennsylvania, Dover and Eau Claire pay just above Allentown-Bethlehem and Omaha and Jacksonville just below. All four are within $220 a year of the median in Allentown-Bethlehem. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, all three pay more.

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