Executive Assistant salary in Denver-Aurora, CO

Pay in Denver-Aurora against Colorado and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Denver-Aurora earns $61,020–$84,570. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $101,670, only 1.9 times the bottom tenth, against 2.2 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($74,340) 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 $23,550 wide, against $24,700 across Colorado and $33,000 nationally: employers in Denver-Aurora 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 $16,550 over the median, the 25th only $7,000 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $21,355 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 Denver-Aurora, and the Colorado statewide median of $65,850 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Denver-Aurora

At the $68,020 median, a local hire costs about $87,768 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,748 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 $87,768 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 6.1 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 Denver-Aurora

Of the 17 roles we track in Denver-Aurora, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between office managers ($79,120) and payroll specialists ($64,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $116,740.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Denver-Aurora (-11.2%); paralegals come first (+28.0%). The typical role here is at +11.2%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Denver-Aurora than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 3.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Denver-Aurora, 3.2% across Colorado and 2.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $54,950 in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area to $79,170 in Boulder, a gap of $24,220 a year. No other area in Colorado has as many executive assistants, and 8 of the other 9 pay less.

Denver-Aurora against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Denver-Aurora is #15 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 Colorado, Redding and Reno pay just above Denver-Aurora and Sheboygan and Medford just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Denver-Aurora. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, all three pay more.

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