Executive Assistant salary in Fayetteville-Springdale, AR

Pay in Fayetteville-Springdale against Arkansas and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Fayetteville-Springdale earns $49,980–$75,010. The top tenth earns $86,880 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.2 times. The mean ($64,590) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $25,030 wide, between the figure for Arkansas ($22,540) and the US figure ($33,000).

What to budget for an executive assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $9,610 over it, while the 25th sits $15,420 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $12,400 more a year with benefits. 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 Fayetteville-Springdale, and the Arkansas statewide median of $51,600 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local executive assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Fayetteville-Springdale

At the $65,400 median, a local hire costs about $84,387 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,987 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 5.8 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 7.0 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 Fayetteville-Springdale

Of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between accountants ($77,190) and office managers ($63,620). Marketing Specialist is the highest at $83,000.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale (-14.6%), between administrative assistants (-12.6%) and medical administrative assistants (-14.9%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Executive assistants hold 1.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fayetteville-Springdale, 1.9% across Arkansas and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 8 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $47,790 in the South Arkansas nonmetro area to $65,400 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $17,610 a year. The one area in Arkansas with more executive assistants, Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR ($49,730), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Fayetteville-Springdale against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fayetteville-Springdale is #129 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Arkansas, Racine-Mount Pleasant and Lincoln pay just above Fayetteville-Springdale and Dalton and Tyler just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Fayetteville-Springdale. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, one pays more.

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