Executive Assistant salary in Dayton-Kettering, OH

Pay in Dayton-Kettering against Ohio and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Dayton-Kettering earns $52,920–$78,680. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $92,240, only 1.9 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 $25,760 wide, between the figure for Ohio ($24,820) and the US figure ($33,000).

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $14,680 a year in pay and about $18,942 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,080 in pay. 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 Dayton-Kettering, and the Ohio statewide median of $69,600 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Dayton-Kettering

At the $64,000 median, a local hire costs about $82,581 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,581 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.

A local hire here costs about 5.7 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 6.9 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 Dayton-Kettering

Of the 17 roles we track in Dayton-Kettering, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($64,100) and sales development representatives ($61,640). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,130.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Dayton-Kettering (-16.4%), between e-commerce order specialists (-12.6%) and marketing specialists (-18.6%). The typical role here is at -6.7%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Dayton-Kettering than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 2.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Dayton-Kettering, 2.1% across Ohio and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $57,970 in Springfield to $75,880 in Columbus, a gap of $17,910 a year. All 4 areas in Ohio with more executive assistants than Dayton-Kettering also pay more, among them Columbus, OH ($75,880) and Cleveland, OH ($68,570).

Dayton-Kettering against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Dayton-Kettering is #92 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 Ohio, Lewiston and Durham-Chapel Hill pay just above Dayton-Kettering and Altoona and Lubbock just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Dayton-Kettering. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, two pay more.

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