Executive Assistant salary in Charlottesville, VA

Pay in Charlottesville against Virginia and the US

Executive assistants at the 90th percentile earn $109,730, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.2. The middle half of executive assistants in Charlottesville earns $63,360–$92,370. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $29,010 wide, against $35,290 across Virginia and $33,000 nationally: employers in Charlottesville 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 $18,000 over the median, the 25th only $11,010 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $23,226 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 Charlottesville, and the Virginia statewide median of $80,330 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Charlottesville

At the $74,370 median, a local hire costs about $95,961 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,591 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 $95,961 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 6.6 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 Charlottesville

Of the 17 roles we track in Charlottesville, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between accountants ($81,530) and marketing specialists ($72,010). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,680.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in Charlottesville (-2.9%), between HR assistants (-2.6%) and project coordinators (-4.5%). The typical role here is at -2.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Executive assistants hold 3.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Charlottesville, 2.4% across Virginia and 2.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $56,380 in Harrisonburg to $77,510 in Richmond, a gap of $21,130 a year. Of the 2 areas in Virginia with more executive assistants than Charlottesville, 1 pays less: Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC ($67,620).

Charlottesville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Charlottesville is #164 of 506 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Virginia, Visalia and Ann Arbor pay just above Charlottesville and Elmira and Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie just below. All four are within $290 a year of the median in Charlottesville. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, none pays as much.

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