Executive Assistant salary in Houma-Bayou Cane, LA

Pay in Houma-Bayou Cane against Louisiana and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Houma-Bayou Cane earns $47,060–$62,080. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $76,340, only 1.8 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 $15,020 wide, against $19,790 across Louisiana and $33,000 nationally: employers in Houma-Bayou Cane pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $7,220 a year in pay and about $9,316 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,800 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 above the 90th percentile in Houma-Bayou Cane, and the Louisiana statewide median of $53,240 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would beat what nine in ten local executive assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Houma-Bayou Cane

At the $54,860 median, a local hire costs about $70,787 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $15,927 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 4.9 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 5.9 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 Houma-Bayou Cane

Of the 15 roles we track in Houma-Bayou Cane, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($57,060) and sales development representatives ($50,140). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,550.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 15 roles we track in Houma-Bayou Cane (-28.4%); accountants come first (-10.8%). The typical role here is at -19.7%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Houma-Bayou Cane than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 5.3% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Houma-Bayou Cane, 5.4% across Louisiana and 2.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Louisiana

Across the 11 areas of Louisiana with data for this job, the median runs from $47,450 in Alexandria to $60,370 in New Orleans-Metairie, a gap of $12,920 a year. Of the 4 areas in Louisiana with more executive assistants than Houma-Bayou Cane, 1 pays less: Shreveport-Bossier City, LA ($50,250).

Houma-Bayou Cane against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Houma-Bayou Cane is #153 of 506 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Louisiana, Pinehurst-Southern Pines and Panama City-Panama City Beach pay just above Houma-Bayou Cane and St. Joseph and St. George just below. All four are within $400 a year of the median in Houma-Bayou Cane. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, all three pay more.

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