Executive Assistant salary in Palm Bay-Melbourne, FL

Pay in Palm Bay-Melbourne against Florida and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Palm Bay-Melbourne earns $51,190–$80,490. The top tenth earns $95,270 or more, 2.2 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 $29,300 wide, against $29,600 across Florida and $33,000 nationally: employers in Palm Bay-Melbourne pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $15,380 a year in pay and about $19,845 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,920 in pay. 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne, and the Florida statewide median of $64,710 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Palm Bay-Melbourne

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 Palm Bay-Melbourne

Of the 17 roles we track in Palm Bay-Melbourne, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($73,350) and office managers ($63,360). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,870.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Palm Bay-Melbourne (-15.0%), between sales development representatives (-13.9%) and customer support specialists (-15.7%). The typical role here is at -7.4%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Palm Bay-Melbourne than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 1.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Palm Bay-Melbourne, 1.7% across Florida and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 23 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $47,450 in Homosassa Springs to $73,180 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, a gap of $25,730 a year. Of the 8 areas in Florida with more executive assistants than Palm Bay-Melbourne, 5 pay less, the largest of them Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL ($64,710), Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($65,090) and Tallahassee, FL ($57,250).

Palm Bay-Melbourne against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Palm Bay-Melbourne is #141 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Montgomery and Flagstaff pay just above Palm Bay-Melbourne and Sandusky and Fargo just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Palm Bay-Melbourne. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, two pay more.

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