Executive Assistant salary in Pittsburgh, PA

Pay in Pittsburgh against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Pittsburgh earns $57,050–$79,160. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $93,340, only 1.9 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 $22,110 wide, against $26,080 across Pennsylvania and $33,000 nationally: employers in Pittsburgh pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $10,130 a year in pay and about $13,071 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,980 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 Pittsburgh, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $75,270 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Pittsburgh

At the $69,030 median, a local hire costs about $89,071 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,041 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 $89,071 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 6.1 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 Pittsburgh

Of the 17 roles we track in Pittsburgh, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($76,940) and recruiters ($65,260). Project Coordinator is the highest at $99,320.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Pittsburgh (-9.9%), between sales development representatives (-9.5%) and payroll specialists (-10.1%). The typical role here is at -6.7%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Pittsburgh than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 2.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Pittsburgh, 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. The one area in Pennsylvania with more executive assistants, Philadelphia-Camden, PA-NJ ($79,490), also pays more.

Pittsburgh against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Pittsburgh is #36 of 506 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Pennsylvania, Hagerstown-Martinsburg and Ithaca pay just above Pittsburgh and Morgantown and Farmington just below. All four are within $440 a year of the median in Pittsburgh. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, one pays more.

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