Executive Assistant salary in Boulder, CO

Pay in Boulder against Colorado and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Boulder earns $62,850–$97,910. The top tenth earns $112,190 or more, 2.3 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.2 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $35,060 wide, wider than in Colorado as a whole ($24,700) and the US ($33,000), so what a executive assistant earns in Boulder depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $16,320 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $18,740, or about $24,181 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 25th percentile and the median in Boulder, and the Colorado statewide median of $65,850 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Boulder

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 $22,985 to the $79,170 median and brings it to $102,155 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 $102,155 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 7.1 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 Boulder

Of the 17 roles we track in Boulder, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($79,450) and payroll specialists ($66,140). Project Coordinator is the highest at $122,040.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Boulder (+3.4%); sales development representatives come first (+42.9%). The typical role here is at +13.5%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Boulder than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 3.7% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Boulder, 3.3% across Colorado and 2.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $54,950 in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area to $79,170 in Boulder, a gap of $24,220 a year. The one area in Colorado with more executive assistants, Denver-Aurora, CO ($68,020), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Boulder against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Boulder is #67 of 506 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Colorado, Stockton-Lodi and Carson City pay just above Boulder and Portland-Vancouver and Mount Vernon-Anacortes just below. All four are within $500 a year of the median in Boulder. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, none pays as much.

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