Executive Assistant salary in Kennewick-Richland, WA

Pay in Kennewick-Richland against Washington and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Kennewick-Richland earns $71,700–$87,600. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $100,160, only 1.7 times the bottom tenth, against 2.2 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($79,430) 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 $15,900 wide, against $17,900 across Washington and $33,000 nationally: employers in Kennewick-Richland pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,390 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,510, or about $9,690 once benefits are added. 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 25th percentile and the median in Kennewick-Richland, and the Washington statewide median of $79,250 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Kennewick-Richland

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 $23,252 to the $80,090 median and brings it to $103,342 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.

For the $103,342 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 7.1 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 Kennewick-Richland

Of the 16 roles we track in Kennewick-Richland, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($81,290) and marketing specialists ($76,540). Project Coordinator is the highest at $125,940.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in Kennewick-Richland (+4.6%), between HR assistants (+5.9%) and data entry specialists (+1.5%). The typical role here is at +7.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Executive assistants hold 3.1% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Kennewick-Richland, 3.4% across Washington and 2.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $61,380 in Walla Walla to $80,860 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $19,480 a year. Of the 4 areas in Washington with more executive assistants than Kennewick-Richland, 3 pay less: Olympia-Lacey, WA ($79,510), Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($71,550) and the Western Washington nonmetro area ($77,770).

Kennewick-Richland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Kennewick-Richland is #154 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 Washington, Dallas-Fort Worth and Hartford-West Hartford pay just above Kennewick-Richland and Minneapolis-St. Paul and Charlotte-Concord just below. All four are within $280 a year of the median in Kennewick-Richland. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, none pays as much.

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