Executive Assistant salary in Lincoln, NE

Pay in Lincoln against Nebraska and the US

Executive assistants at the 90th percentile earn $103,820, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.2. The middle half of executive assistants in Lincoln earns $58,370–$80,320. The mean ($75,740) is 16% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $21,950 wide, against $23,280 across Nebraska and $33,000 nationally: employers in Lincoln pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $14,910 over the median, the 25th only $7,040 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $19,239 a year in employer cost. 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 Lincoln, and the Nebraska statewide median of $66,210 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lincoln

At the $65,410 median, a local hire costs about $84,400 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,990 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 5.8 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 Lincoln

Executive assistants have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in Lincoln; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $37,050.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in Lincoln (-14.6%), between sales development representatives (-11.7%) and recruiters (-16.7%). The typical role here is at -8.6%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Lincoln than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 2.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Lincoln, 1.9% across Nebraska and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Nebraska

Across the 6 areas of Nebraska with data for this job, the median runs from $53,810 in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area to $68,240 in Omaha, a gap of $14,430 a year. The one area in Nebraska with more executive assistants, Omaha, NE-IA ($68,240), also pays more.

Lincoln against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lincoln is #139 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Nebraska, Charleston-North Charleston and Tucson pay just above Lincoln and Racine-Mount Pleasant and Fayetteville-Springdale just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Lincoln. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, one pays more.

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