Executive Assistant salary in El Paso, TX

Pay in El Paso against Texas and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in El Paso earns $50,590–$73,940. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $85,540, only 2.0 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 only $23,350 wide, against $28,250 across Texas and $33,000 nationally: employers in El Paso pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $11,490 a year in pay and about $14,826 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,860 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 75th and 90th percentiles in El Paso, and the Texas statewide median of $71,990 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local executive assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in El Paso

At the $62,450 median, a local hire costs about $80,581 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,131 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 5.6 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 El Paso

Of the 17 roles we track in El Paso, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($65,990) and recruiters ($58,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,920.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in El Paso (-18.5%), between bookkeepers (-18.0%) and e-commerce order specialists (-19.3%). The typical role here is at -19.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Executive assistants hold 1.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in El Paso, 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. Of the 6 areas in Texas with more executive assistants than El Paso, 2 pay less: the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area ($55,810) and the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($61,340).

El Paso against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, El Paso is #122 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 Texas, Mansfield and Pueblo pay just above El Paso and Grants Pass and Chambersburg just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in El Paso. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, one pays more.

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