Executive Assistant salary in Las Vegas-Henderson, NV

Pay in Las Vegas-Henderson against Nevada and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $100,240 or more, 2.7 times the bottom tenth, against 2.2 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of executive assistants in Las Vegas-Henderson earns $53,910–$81,670. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $27,760 wide, against $28,170 across Nevada and $33,000 nationally: employers in Las Vegas-Henderson pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $15,260 a year in pay and about $19,690 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,500 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 Las Vegas-Henderson, and the Nevada statewide median of $67,830 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Las Vegas-Henderson

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 $19,280 to the $66,410 median and brings it to $85,690 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 Las Vegas-Henderson

Of the 17 roles we track in Las Vegas-Henderson, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between paralegals ($66,720) and office managers ($62,530). Project Coordinator is the highest at $99,940.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Las Vegas-Henderson (-13.3%); paralegals come first (+6.1%). The typical role here is at -3.9%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Las Vegas-Henderson than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 1.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Las Vegas-Henderson, 1.8% across Nevada and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Nevada

Across the 4 areas of Nevada with data for this job, the median runs from $55,720 in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area to $79,230 in Carson City, a gap of $23,510 a year. No other area in Nevada has as many executive assistants, and 1 of the other 3 pays less.

Las Vegas-Henderson against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Las Vegas-Henderson is #42 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 Nevada, Reading and Bloomington pay just above Las Vegas-Henderson and Lancaster and York-Hanover just below. All four are within $280 a year of the median in Las Vegas-Henderson. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, one pays more.

Questions

Sources

How these pages are built: methodology and data sources. Last updated 2026-11-12.