Executive Assistant salary in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

Pay in Fort Collins-Loveland against Colorado and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Fort Collins-Loveland earns $54,040–$74,230. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $90,850, only 1.9 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 $20,190 wide, against $24,700 across Colorado and $33,000 nationally: employers in Fort Collins-Loveland 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 $13,070 over the median, the 25th only $7,120 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $16,865 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Fort Collins-Loveland, and the Colorado statewide median of $65,850 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 Fort Collins-Loveland

At the $61,160 median, a local hire costs about $78,916 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,756 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 5.4 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 Fort Collins-Loveland

Of the 17 roles we track in Fort Collins-Loveland, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($67,710) and bookkeepers ($53,310). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,310.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Fort Collins-Loveland (-20.1%); payroll specialists come first (+16.2%). The typical role here is at +5.2%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Fort Collins-Loveland than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 3.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fort Collins-Loveland, 3.2% across Colorado and 2.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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. All 2 areas in Colorado with more executive assistants than Fort Collins-Loveland also pay more, among them Denver-Aurora, CO ($68,020) and Boulder, CO ($79,170).

Fort Collins-Loveland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fort Collins-Loveland is #90 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, Prescott Valley-Prescott and Macon-Bibb County pay just above Fort Collins-Loveland and Deltona-Daytona Beach and Columbus just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Fort Collins-Loveland. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, two pay more.

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