Executive Assistant salary in Kansas City, MO-KS

Pay in Kansas City against Missouri and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Kansas City earns $56,550–$78,530. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $94,600, 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 $21,980 wide, against $26,170 across Missouri and $33,000 nationally: employers in Kansas City 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 $14,070 over the median, the 25th only $7,910 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $18,155 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 Kansas City, and the Missouri statewide median of $60,320 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Kansas City

At the $64,460 median, a local hire costs about $83,174 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,714 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 5.7 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 6.9 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 Kansas City

Of the 17 roles we track in Kansas City, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($64,950) and paralegals ($63,880). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,050.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Kansas City (-15.8%); e-commerce order specialists come first (+3.3%). The typical role here is at -1.7%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Kansas City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 2.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Kansas City, 3.1% across Missouri and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $49,480 in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area to $64,460 in Kansas City, a gap of $14,980 a year. The one area in Missouri with more executive assistants, St. Louis, MO-IL ($63,500), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Kansas City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Kansas City is #28 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 Missouri, Hanford-Corcoran and Grand Forks pay just above Kansas City and San Angelo and Fond du Lac just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Kansas City. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, two pay more.

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