Executive Assistant salary in Bloomington, IN

Pay in Bloomington against Indiana and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Bloomington earns $40,770–$51,820. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $67,920, only 1.7 times the bottom tenth, against 2.2 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($48,320) is 19% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,050 wide, against $23,710 across Indiana and $33,000 nationally: employers in Bloomington pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $11,050 a year in pay and about $14,258 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $0 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 above the 90th percentile in Bloomington, and the Indiana statewide median of $59,080 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles. An offer at the national rate would beat what nine in ten local executive assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Bloomington

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 $11,836 to the $40,770 median and brings it to $52,606 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.

A local hire here costs about 3.6 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 4.4 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 Bloomington

Of the 16 roles we track in Bloomington, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($41,630) and customer support specialists ($39,660). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,800.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in Bloomington (-46.8%); data entry specialists come first (+25.2%). The typical role here is at -10.6%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Bloomington than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 8.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Bloomington, 1.9% across Indiana and 2.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $40,770 in Bloomington to $64,970 in Lafayette-West Lafayette, a gap of $24,200 a year. The one area in Indiana with more executive assistants, Indianapolis-Carmel, IN ($61,580), also pays more.

Bloomington against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bloomington is #119 of 506 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. No US metro area pays executive assistants less than Bloomington; the table shows the next lowest outside Indiana. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, all three pay more.

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