Executive Assistant salary in Montgomery, AL

Pay in Montgomery against Alabama and the US

Executive assistants at the 90th percentile earn $99,730, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.2. The middle half of executive assistants in Montgomery earns $56,720–$84,270. The mean ($70,470) is 8% 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 $27,550 wide, between the figure for Alabama ($26,380) and the US figure ($33,000).

What to budget for an executive assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $19,160 over the median, the 25th only $8,390 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $24,723 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 Montgomery, and the Alabama statewide median of $69,450 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Montgomery

At the $65,110 median, a local hire costs about $84,013 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,903 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 Montgomery

Of the 16 roles we track in Montgomery, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($75,040) and recruiters ($64,140). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,080.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in Montgomery (-15.0%), between bookkeepers (-13.7%) and administrative assistants (-15.3%). The typical role here is at -15.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Executive assistants hold 1.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Montgomery, 1.3% across Alabama and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 14 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $58,550 in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area to $76,330 in Birmingham, a gap of $17,780 a year. All 2 areas in Alabama with more executive assistants than Montgomery also pay more, among them Birmingham, AL ($76,330) and Huntsville, AL ($74,710).

Montgomery against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Montgomery is #169 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Alabama, Flagstaff and Akron pay just above Montgomery and Palm Bay-Melbourne and Sandusky just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Montgomery. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, all three pay more.

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