Executive Assistant salary in Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL

Pay in Deltona-Daytona Beach against Florida and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Deltona-Daytona Beach earns $49,090–$78,670. The top tenth earns $92,060 or more, 2.3 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.2 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $29,580 wide, against $29,600 across Florida and $33,000 nationally: employers in Deltona-Daytona Beach pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $17,530 a year in pay and about $22,619 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,050 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 Deltona-Daytona Beach, and the Florida statewide median of $64,710 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Deltona-Daytona Beach

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 $17,750 to the $61,140 median and brings it to $78,890 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 5.4 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 6.6 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 Deltona-Daytona Beach

Of the 17 roles we track in Deltona-Daytona Beach, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($67,020) and office managers ($60,620). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,890.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Deltona-Daytona Beach (-20.2%), between medical administrative assistants (-16.6%) and project coordinators (-21.9%). The typical role here is at -11.9%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Deltona-Daytona Beach than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 1.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Deltona-Daytona Beach, 1.7% across Florida and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 23 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $47,450 in Homosassa Springs to $73,180 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, a gap of $25,730 a year. Of the 9 areas in Florida with more executive assistants than Deltona-Daytona Beach, 3 pay less: Tallahassee, FL ($57,250), Gainesville, FL ($55,790) and Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL ($50,690).

Deltona-Daytona Beach against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Deltona-Daytona Beach is #159 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Fort Collins-Loveland and Prescott Valley-Prescott pay just above Deltona-Daytona Beach and Columbus and Killeen-Temple just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Deltona-Daytona Beach. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, two pay more.

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