Executive Assistant salary in Eugene-Springfield, OR

Pay in Eugene-Springfield against Oregon and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Eugene-Springfield earns $62,670–$82,830. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $87,990, only 1.7 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 $20,160 wide, against $22,930 across Oregon and $33,000 nationally: employers in Eugene-Springfield 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 $13,160 over the median, the 25th only $7,000 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $16,981 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 Eugene-Springfield, and the Oregon statewide median of $75,480 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Eugene-Springfield

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 $20,227 to the $69,670 median and brings it to $89,897 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.

For the $89,897 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 6.2 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 Eugene-Springfield

Of the 17 roles we track in Eugene-Springfield, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between office managers ($71,490) and recruiters ($69,390). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,880.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Eugene-Springfield (-9.0%), between recruiters (-8.6%) and paralegals (-10.4%). The typical role here is at -2.0%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Eugene-Springfield than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 3.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Eugene-Springfield, 3.1% across Oregon and 2.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $62,330 in Grants Pass to $80,960 in Corvallis, a gap of $18,630 a year. All 2 areas in Oregon with more executive assistants than Eugene-Springfield also pay more, among them Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA ($78,750) and Salem, OR ($70,320).

Eugene-Springfield against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Eugene-Springfield is #116 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 Oregon, Wildwood-The Villages and Rocky Mount pay just above Eugene-Springfield and Austin-Round Rock and Athens-Clarke County just below. All four are within $350 a year of the median in Eugene-Springfield. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, two pay more.

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