Executive Assistant salary in Monroe, LA

Pay in Monroe against Louisiana and the US

Executive assistants at the 90th percentile earn $71,130, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.2. The middle half of executive assistants in Monroe earns $42,230–$58,890. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,660 wide, against $19,790 across Louisiana and $33,000 nationally: employers in Monroe 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 $10,580 over the median, the 25th only $6,080 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,652 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 above the 90th percentile in Monroe, and the Louisiana statewide median of $53,240 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what nine in ten local executive assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Monroe

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 $14,025 to the $48,310 median and brings it to $62,335 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 4.3 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 5.2 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 Monroe

Of the 16 roles we track in Monroe, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($48,570) and paralegals ($47,070). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,990.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #15 of the 16 roles we track in Monroe (-36.9%), between marketing specialists (-34.3%) and e-commerce order specialists (-37.0%). The typical role here is at -22.8%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Monroe than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 4.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Monroe, 5.4% across Louisiana and 2.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Louisiana

Across the 11 areas of Louisiana with data for this job, the median runs from $47,450 in Alexandria to $60,370 in New Orleans-Metairie, a gap of $12,920 a year. All 5 areas in Louisiana with more executive assistants than Monroe also pay more, among them Baton Rouge, LA ($58,800) and New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($60,370).

Monroe against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Monroe is #175 of 506 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Louisiana, Hot Springs and Goldsboro pay just above Monroe and Homosassa Springs and Enid just below. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, all three pay more.

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