Executive Assistant salary in Bend, OR

Pay in Bend against Oregon and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Bend earns $61,410–$81,100. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $99,040, only 1.7 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 $19,690 wide, against $22,930 across Oregon and $33,000 nationally: employers in Bend pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $11,740 a year in pay and about $15,148 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,950 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 Bend, and the Oregon statewide median of $75,480 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Bend

At the $69,360 median, a local hire costs about $89,497 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,137 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 $89,497 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 Bend

Of the 17 roles we track in Bend, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($76,010) and sales development representatives ($63,220). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,280.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Bend (-9.4%), between project coordinators (-4.9%) and sales development representatives (-9.7%). The typical role here is at +2.9%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Bend than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 3.0% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Bend, 3.2% across Oregon and 2.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $62,330 in Grants Pass to $80,960 in Corvallis, a gap of $18,630 a year. All 3 areas in Oregon with more executive assistants than Bend also pay more, among them Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA ($78,750) and Salem, OR ($70,320).

Bend against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bend is #168 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Oregon, Athens-Clarke County and Austin-Round Rock pay just above Bend and Ithaca and Hagerstown-Martinsburg just below. All four are within $240 a year of the median in Bend. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, two pay more.

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