Executive Assistant salary in Killeen-Temple, TX

Pay in Killeen-Temple against Texas and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Killeen-Temple earns $50,940–$74,200. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $86,490, 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 $23,260 wide, against $28,250 across Texas and $33,000 nationally: employers in Killeen-Temple pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $10,090 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $13,170, or about $16,994 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Killeen-Temple, and the Texas statewide median of $71,990 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 Killeen-Temple

At the $61,030 median, a local hire costs about $78,748 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,718 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 5.4 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 6.6 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 Killeen-Temple

Of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($70,170) and marketing specialists ($58,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,120.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple (-20.3%), between e-commerce order specialists (-19.9%) and marketing specialists (-25.1%). The typical role here is at -11.9%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Killeen-Temple than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 2.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Killeen-Temple, 2.2% across Texas and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 30 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $55,200 in Texarkana to $80,230 in Dallas-Fort Worth, a gap of $25,030 a year. Of the 11 areas in Texas with more executive assistants than Killeen-Temple, 2 pay less: the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area ($55,810) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($60,410).

Killeen-Temple against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Killeen-Temple is #174 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Columbus and Deltona-Daytona Beach pay just above Killeen-Temple and Tulsa and Ocala just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Killeen-Temple. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, two pay more.

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