Executive Assistant salary in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

Pay in Buffalo-Cheektowaga against New York and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Buffalo-Cheektowaga earns $63,170–$82,560. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $102,020, only 1.8 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 $19,390 wide, against $31,930 across New York and $33,000 nationally: employers in Buffalo-Cheektowaga pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $7,690 over it, while the 25th sits $11,700 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $9,923 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 median and the 75th percentile in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, and the New York statewide median of $80,640 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Buffalo-Cheektowaga

At the $74,870 median, a local hire costs about $96,606 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,736 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 $96,606 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 6.7 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga

Of the 17 roles we track in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($75,990) and recruiters ($74,510). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,180.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Buffalo-Cheektowaga (-2.2%), between recruiters (-1.9%) and HR assistants (-3.2%). The typical role here is at -1.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Executive assistants hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, 8.1% across New York and 2.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $66,990 in Utica-Rome to $83,840 in New York-Newark, a gap of $16,850 a year. Of the 2 areas in New York with more executive assistants than Buffalo-Cheektowaga, 1 pays less: Albany-Schenectady, NY ($74,730).

Buffalo-Cheektowaga against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Buffalo-Cheektowaga is #30 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 New York, Mankato and Detroit-Warren pay just above Buffalo-Cheektowaga and Houston-Pasadena and Huntsville just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in Buffalo-Cheektowaga. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, one pays more.

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