Executive Assistant salary in Austin-Round Rock, TX

Pay in Austin-Round Rock against Texas and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Austin-Round Rock earns $60,290–$82,950. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $98,150, 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 only $22,660 wide, against $28,250 across Texas and $33,000 nationally: employers in Austin-Round Rock pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $9,310 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $13,350, or about $17,226 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 Austin-Round Rock, and the Texas statewide median of $71,990 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Austin-Round Rock

At the $69,600 median, a local hire costs about $89,806 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,206 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.

For the $89,806 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 6.2 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 Austin-Round Rock

Of the 17 roles we track in Austin-Round Rock, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($75,860) and paralegals ($64,140). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,390.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Austin-Round Rock (-9.1%), between e-commerce order specialists (-3.7%) and sales development representatives (-10.1%). The typical role here is at +0.1%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Austin-Round Rock than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 5.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Austin-Round Rock, 2.2% across Texas and 2.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 30 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $55,200 in Texarkana to $80,230 in Dallas-Fort Worth, a gap of $25,030 a year. No other area in Texas has as many executive assistants, and 25 of the other 29 pay less.

Austin-Round Rock against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Austin-Round Rock is #8 of 506 US areas, one of the ten largest markets for this job. Outside Texas, Eugene-Springfield and Wildwood-The Villages pay just above Austin-Round Rock and Athens-Clarke County and Bend just below. All four are within $240 a year of the median in Austin-Round Rock. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, all three pay more.

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