Executive Assistant salary in Olympia-Lacey, WA

Pay in Olympia-Lacey against Washington and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $105,050 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, against 2.2 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of executive assistants in Olympia-Lacey earns $66,490–$88,370. The mean ($78,450) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $21,880 wide, between the figure for Washington ($17,900) and the US figure ($33,000).

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,020 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,860, or about $11,432 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 25th percentile and the median in Olympia-Lacey, and the Washington statewide median of $79,250 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Olympia-Lacey

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 $23,084 to the $79,510 median and brings it to $102,594 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.

For the $102,594 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 7.1 remote hires in year one at the midpoint of our range. From year two the fee drops out and the remote figure is $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 Olympia-Lacey

Of the 17 roles we track in Olympia-Lacey, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($79,910) and office managers ($78,270). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,000.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Olympia-Lacey (+3.8%), between sales development representatives (+7.4%) and HR assistants (+3.2%). The typical role here is at +12.6%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Olympia-Lacey than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 5.3% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Olympia-Lacey, 3.4% across Washington and 2.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $61,380 in Walla Walla to $80,860 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $19,480 a year. The one area in Washington with more executive assistants, Seattle-Tacoma, WA ($80,860), also pays more.

Olympia-Lacey against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Olympia-Lacey is #81 of 506 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Washington, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles and Barnstable Town pay just above Olympia-Lacey and Philadelphia-Camden and Salinas just below. All four are within $300 a year of the median in Olympia-Lacey. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, none pays as much.

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