Executive Assistant salary in Louisville, KY-IN

Pay in Louisville against Kentucky and the US

Executive assistants at the 90th percentile earn $95,410, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.2. The middle half of executive assistants in Louisville earns $51,330–$75,730. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $24,400 wide, between the figure for Kentucky ($23,600) and the US figure ($33,000).

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,050 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $12,350, or about $15,935 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 Louisville, and the Kentucky statewide median of $62,410 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local executive assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Louisville

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 $18,401 to the $63,380 median and brings it to $81,781 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 5.6 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 6.8 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 Louisville

Of the 17 roles we track in Louisville, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between office managers ($67,450) and marketing specialists ($63,280). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,660.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Louisville (-17.2%), between virtual receptionists (-9.2%) and project coordinators (-19.2%). The typical role here is at -5.6%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Louisville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 1.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Louisville, 1.4% across Kentucky and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $54,660 in the East Kentucky nonmetro area to $64,840 in Lexington-Fayette, a gap of $10,180 a year. No other area in Kentucky has as many executive assistants, and 6 of the other 9 pay less.

Louisville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Louisville is #66 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 Kentucky, Greeley and Helena pay just above Louisville and Topeka and Greenville just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Louisville. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, all three pay more.

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