Executive Assistant salary in Lancaster, PA

Pay in Lancaster against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Lancaster earns $56,430–$78,380. The top tenth earns $92,660 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.2 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $21,950 wide, against $26,080 across Pennsylvania and $33,000 nationally: employers in Lancaster pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $12,030 a year in pay and about $15,523 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $9,920 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 between the median and the 75th percentile in Lancaster, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $75,270 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lancaster

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 $19,263 to the $66,350 median and brings it to $85,613 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 5.9 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 7.1 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 Lancaster

Of the 17 roles we track in Lancaster, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($76,110) and recruiters ($66,330). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,820.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Lancaster (-13.4%), between recruiters (-12.7%) and marketing specialists (-17.7%). The typical role here is at -5.9%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Lancaster than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 1.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Lancaster, 2.3% across Pennsylvania and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $54,080 in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area to $79,490 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $25,410 a year. Of the 5 areas in Pennsylvania with more executive assistants than Lancaster, 1 pays less: Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA ($64,350).

Lancaster against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lancaster is #149 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Las Vegas-Henderson and Bloomington pay just above Lancaster and Greensboro-High Point and Anchorage just below. All four are within $340 a year of the median in Lancaster. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, two pay more.

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