Executive Assistant salary in Philadelphia-Camden, PA-NJ

Pay in Philadelphia-Camden against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Philadelphia-Camden earns $67,380–$93,830. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $102,690, 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 $26,450 wide, between the figure for Pennsylvania ($26,080) and the US figure ($33,000).

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,110 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $14,340, or about $18,503 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 Philadelphia-Camden, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $75,270 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Philadelphia-Camden

At the $79,490 median, a local hire costs about $102,568 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $23,078 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.

For the $102,568 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 Philadelphia-Camden

Of the 17 roles we track in Philadelphia-Camden, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($85,990) and marketing specialists ($79,420). Project Coordinator is the highest at $104,160.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in Philadelphia-Camden (+3.8%), between bookkeepers (+4.0%) and accountants (+2.8%). The typical role here is at +2.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Executive assistants hold 2.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Philadelphia-Camden, 2.3% across Pennsylvania and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $54,080 in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area to $79,490 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $25,410 a year. No other area in Pennsylvania has as many executive assistants, and all 19 others pay less.

Philadelphia-Camden against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Philadelphia-Camden is #13 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 Pennsylvania, Olympia-Lacey and San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles pay just above Philadelphia-Camden and Salinas and Carson City just below. All four are within $300 a year of the median in Philadelphia-Camden. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, one pays more.

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