Executive Assistant salary in Bridgeport-Stamford, CT

Pay in Bridgeport-Stamford against Connecticut and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Bridgeport-Stamford earns $80,380–$114,000. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $133,430, 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 $33,620 wide, wider than in Connecticut as a whole ($31,490) and the US ($33,000), so what a executive assistant earns in Bridgeport-Stamford depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $13,070 over it, while the 25th sits $20,550 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $16,865 more a year with benefits. 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 10th and 25th percentiles in Bridgeport-Stamford, and the Connecticut statewide median of $82,520 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local executive assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Bridgeport-Stamford

At the $100,930 median, a local hire costs about $130,232 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $29,302 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 $130,232 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 9.0 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 Bridgeport-Stamford

Of the 17 roles we track in Bridgeport-Stamford, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($102,020) and recruiters ($85,550). Project Coordinator is the highest at $109,990.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Bridgeport-Stamford (+31.8%); e-commerce order specialists come last (-11.7%). The typical role here is at +12.0%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost more in Bridgeport-Stamford than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 3.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Bridgeport-Stamford, 3.6% across Connecticut and 2.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Connecticut

Across the 6 areas of Connecticut with data for this job, the median runs from $72,350 in the Connecticut nonmetro area to $100,930 in Bridgeport-Stamford, a gap of $28,580 a year. The one area in Connecticut with more executive assistants, Hartford-West Hartford, CT ($80,370), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Bridgeport-Stamford against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bridgeport-Stamford is #47 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 Connecticut, San Francisco-Oakland and San Jose-Sunnyvale pay just above Bridgeport-Stamford and Santa Rosa-Petaluma and Washington-Arlington just below. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, none pays as much.

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