Executive Assistant salary in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

Pay in Dallas-Fort Worth against Texas and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Dallas-Fort Worth earns $65,330–$96,840. The top tenth earns $116,160 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.2 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $31,510 wide, between the figure for Texas ($28,250) and the US figure ($33,000).

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,900 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,610, or about $21,432 once benefits are added. 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 25th percentile and the median in Dallas-Fort Worth, and the Texas statewide median of $71,990 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Dallas-Fort Worth

At the $80,230 median, a local hire costs about $103,523 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $23,293 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 $103,523 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 7.1 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 Dallas-Fort Worth

Of the 17 roles we track in Dallas-Fort Worth, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($82,620) and marketing specialists ($75,240). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,900.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Dallas-Fort Worth (+4.8%), between office managers (+5.1%) and data entry specialists (+4.3%). The typical role here is at -0.2%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost more in Dallas-Fort Worth than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 1.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Dallas-Fort Worth, 2.2% across Texas and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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. The one area in Texas with more executive assistants, Austin-Round Rock, TX ($69,600), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Dallas-Fort Worth against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Dallas-Fort Worth is #9 of 506 US areas, one of the ten largest markets for this job. Outside Texas, Hartford-West Hartford and Honolulu pay just above Dallas-Fort Worth and Kennewick-Richland and Minneapolis-St. Paul just below. All four are within $370 a year of the median in Dallas-Fort Worth. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, one pays more.

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