Executive Assistant salary in Peoria, IL

Pay in Peoria against Illinois and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Peoria earns $52,610–$76,020. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $91,200, only 1.8 times the bottom tenth, against 2.2 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $23,410 wide, against $35,590 across Illinois and $33,000 nationally: employers in Peoria pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $11,200 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $12,210, or about $15,755 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 Peoria, and the Illinois statewide median of $74,390 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 Peoria

At the $63,810 median, a local hire costs about $82,335 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,525 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 5.7 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 6.9 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 Peoria

Of the 17 roles we track in Peoria, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($66,750) and paralegals ($61,220). Project Coordinator is the highest at $123,730.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Peoria (-16.7%); project coordinators come first (+20.9%). The typical role here is at -4.0%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Peoria than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 1.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Peoria, 2.4% across Illinois and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Illinois

Across the 12 areas of Illinois with data for this job, the median runs from $53,720 in the South Illinois nonmetro area to $77,770 in Chicago-Naperville, a gap of $24,050 a year. Of the 4 areas in Illinois with more executive assistants than Peoria, 2 pay less: the South Illinois nonmetro area ($53,720) and the West Central Illinois nonmetro area ($59,490).

Peoria against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Peoria is #190 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Illinois, Savannah and Lubbock pay just above Peoria and Memphis and St. Louis just below. All four are within $310 a year of the median in Peoria. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, two pay more.

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