Executive Assistant salary in Green Bay, WI

Pay in Green Bay against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Green Bay earns $57,490–$75,750. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $88,270, only 1.7 times the bottom tenth, against 2.2 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($67,950) 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 only $18,260 wide, against $19,130 across Wisconsin and $33,000 nationally: employers in Green Bay pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $5,720 over it, while the 25th sits $12,540 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $7,381 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 Green Bay, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $68,920 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 Green Bay

At the $70,030 median, a local hire costs about $90,361 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,331 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 $90,361 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 Green Bay

Of the 17 roles we track in Green Bay, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between office managers ($71,130) and sales development representatives ($64,160). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,210.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Green Bay (-8.6%), between sales development representatives (-8.3%) and project coordinators (-12.8%). The typical role here is at -4.5%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Green Bay than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 1.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Green Bay, 1.6% across Wisconsin and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $57,240 in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $75,850 in Oshkosh-Neenah, a gap of $18,610 a year. All 2 areas in Wisconsin with more executive assistants than Green Bay also pay more, among them Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ($74,240) and Madison, WI ($70,800).

Green Bay against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Green Bay is #184 of 506 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Salem and St. Cloud pay just above Green Bay and Odessa and Rocky Mount just below. All four are within $340 a year of the median in Green Bay. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, none pays as much.

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