Executive Assistant salary in Las Cruces, NM

Pay in Las Cruces against New Mexico and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Las Cruces earns $55,420–$73,960. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $81,760, only 1.6 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 $18,540 wide, between the figure for New Mexico ($17,970) and the US figure ($33,000).

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $9,450 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,090, or about $11,729 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 Las Cruces, and the New Mexico statewide median of $73,890 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 Las Cruces

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 $18,833 to the $64,870 median and brings it to $83,703 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 5.8 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 7.0 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 Las Cruces

Of the 14 roles we track in Las Cruces, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($67,470) and paralegals ($64,370). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,110.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #7 of the 14 roles we track in Las Cruces (-15.3%), between HR assistants (-14.8%) and sales development representatives (-15.4%). The typical role here is at -15.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Executive assistants hold 3.5% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Las Cruces, 3.0% across New Mexico and 3.0% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Mexico

Across the 6 areas of New Mexico with data for this job, the median runs from $64,870 in Las Cruces to $81,410 in Santa Fe, a gap of $16,540 a year. All 3 areas in New Mexico with more executive assistants than Las Cruces also pay more, among them Albuquerque, NM ($73,160) and Santa Fe, NM ($81,410).

Las Cruces against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Las Cruces is #185 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New Mexico, Sherman-Denison and Lafayette-West Lafayette pay just above Las Cruces and Lexington-Fayette and Colorado Springs just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Las Cruces. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, two pay more.

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