Executive Assistant salary in College Station-Bryan, TX

Pay in College Station-Bryan against Texas and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in College Station-Bryan earns $52,500–$78,480. The top tenth earns $98,940 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.2 times. The mean ($67,920) is 9% 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 $25,980 wide, against $28,250 across Texas and $33,000 nationally: employers in College Station-Bryan 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 $16,220 over the median, the 25th only $9,760 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $20,929 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 College Station-Bryan, and the Texas statewide median of $71,990 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in College Station-Bryan

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 $18,075 to the $62,260 median and brings it to $80,335 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.

A local hire here costs about 5.5 times as much as a remote hire in year one at the midpoint of our range. From year two, when the fee drops out, it is 6.7 times the remote figure of $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 College Station-Bryan

Of the 17 roles we track in College Station-Bryan, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($62,460) and marketing specialists ($61,620). Project Coordinator is the highest at $76,380.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in College Station-Bryan (-18.7%), between payroll specialists (-18.6%) and marketing specialists (-21.8%). The typical role here is at -16.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Executive assistants hold 3.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in College Station-Bryan, 2.2% across Texas and 2.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 30 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $55,200 in Texarkana to $80,230 in Dallas-Fort Worth, a gap of $25,030 a year. Of the 7 areas in Texas with more executive assistants than College Station-Bryan, 2 pay less: the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area ($55,810) and the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($61,340).

College Station-Bryan against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, College Station-Bryan is #134 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton and Charleston pay just above College Station-Bryan and Port St. Lucie and Rockford just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in College Station-Bryan. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, two pay more.

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