Executive Assistant salary in the Central East New York nonmetro area

Pay in the Central East New York nonmetro area against New York and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in the Central East New York nonmetro area earns $61,150–$80,110. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $99,990, only 1.9 times the bottom tenth, against 2.2 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($72,990) is 8% 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 $18,960 wide, against $31,930 across New York and $33,000 nationally: employers in the Central East New York nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $12,540 over the median, the 25th only $6,420 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $16,181 a year in employer cost. 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 the Central East New York nonmetro area, and the New York statewide median of $80,640 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in the Central East New York nonmetro area

At the $67,570 median, a local hire costs about $87,187 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,617 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 $87,187 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 6.0 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 the Central East New York nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central East New York nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($73,880) and sales development representatives ($67,010). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,610.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in the Central East New York nonmetro area (-11.8%), between office managers (-5.3%) and paralegals (-15.7%). The typical role here is at -3.8%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in the Central East New York nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 5.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central East New York nonmetro area, 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. All 8 areas in New York with more executive assistants than the Central East New York nonmetro area also pay more, among them New York-Newark, NY-NJ ($83,840) and Albany-Schenectady, NY ($74,730).

the Central East New York nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central East New York nonmetro area is #83 of 506 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside New York, Naples-Marco Island and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake pay just above the Central East New York nonmetro area and Lansing-East Lansing and Saginaw just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the Central East New York nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, one pays more.

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