Executive Assistant salary in McAllen-Edinburg, TX

Pay in McAllen-Edinburg against Texas and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in McAllen-Edinburg earns $50,310–$73,490. The top tenth earns $89,290 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 $23,180 wide, against $28,250 across Texas and $33,000 nationally: employers in McAllen-Edinburg pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $10,100 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $13,080, or about $16,877 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 McAllen-Edinburg, and the Texas statewide median of $71,990 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 McAllen-Edinburg

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 $17,538 to the $60,410 median and brings it to $77,948 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 5.4 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 6.5 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 McAllen-Edinburg

Of the 17 roles we track in McAllen-Edinburg, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($64,470) and office managers ($55,570). Project Coordinator is the highest at $69,910.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in McAllen-Edinburg (-21.1%), between medical administrative assistants (-20.8%) and data entry specialists (-21.4%). The typical role here is at -21.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Executive assistants hold 1.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in McAllen-Edinburg, 2.2% across Texas and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 30 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $55,200 in Texarkana to $80,230 in Dallas-Fort Worth, a gap of $25,030 a year. Of the 7 areas in Texas with more executive assistants than McAllen-Edinburg, 1 pays less: the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area ($55,810).

McAllen-Edinburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, McAllen-Edinburg is #135 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Lake Havasu City-Kingman and Elkhart-Goshen pay just above McAllen-Edinburg and New Orleans-Metairie and Dubuque just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in McAllen-Edinburg. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, two pay more.

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