Executive Assistant salary in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

Pay in Augusta-Richmond County against Georgia and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Augusta-Richmond County earns $53,610–$76,970. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $94,900, only 1.9 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 $23,360 wide, between the figure for Georgia ($22,150) and the US figure ($33,000).

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $10,750 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $12,610, or about $16,271 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 Augusta-Richmond County, and the Georgia statewide median of $68,290 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Augusta-Richmond County

At the $64,360 median, a local hire costs about $83,045 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,685 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 5.7 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 6.9 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 Augusta-Richmond County

Of the 17 roles we track in Augusta-Richmond County, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($67,120) and office managers ($62,610). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,280.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in Augusta-Richmond County (-16.0%), between HR assistants (-15.3%) and medical administrative assistants (-17.1%). The typical role here is at -12.5%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Augusta-Richmond County than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 2.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Augusta-Richmond County, 2.8% across Georgia and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $58,500 in Hinesville to $72,090 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $13,590 a year. Of the 2 areas in Georgia with more executive assistants than Augusta-Richmond County, 1 pays less: Savannah, GA ($63,820).

Augusta-Richmond County against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Augusta-Richmond County is #137 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Fond du Lac and San Angelo pay just above Augusta-Richmond County and Amarillo and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Augusta-Richmond County. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, none pays as much.

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