Executive Assistant salary in the Kansas nonmetro area

Pay in the Kansas nonmetro area against Kansas and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in the Kansas nonmetro area earns $52,110–$71,900. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $83,990, 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 $19,790 wide, against $21,130 across Kansas and $33,000 nationally: employers in the Kansas nonmetro area 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 $11,900 over the median, the 25th only $7,890 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $15,355 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 the Kansas nonmetro area, and the Kansas statewide median of $64,860 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 the Kansas nonmetro area

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $17,419 to the $60,000 median and brings it to $77,419 a year. 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 5.3 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 6.5 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 the Kansas nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Kansas nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($60,410) and payroll specialists ($53,550). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,010.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in the Kansas nonmetro area (-21.7%), between recruiters (-19.7%) and sales development representatives (-24.5%). The typical role here is at -13.1%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in the Kansas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 1.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Kansas nonmetro area, 1.7% across Kansas and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kansas

Across the 5 areas of Kansas with data for this job, the median runs from $60,000 in the Kansas nonmetro area to $71,330 in Manhattan, a gap of $11,330 a year. The one area in Kansas with more executive assistants, Wichita, KS ($62,280), also pays more.

the Kansas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Kansas nonmetro area is #113 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 Kansas, Brownsville-Harlingen and Coeur d'Alene pay just above the Kansas nonmetro area and Billings and Yuma just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in the Kansas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, all three pay more.

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