Executive Assistant salary in Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA

Pay in Portland-Vancouver against Oregon and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Portland-Vancouver earns $67,630–$91,760. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $103,550, only 1.7 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 $24,130 wide, between the figure for Oregon ($22,930) and the US figure ($33,000).

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $13,010 a year in pay and about $16,787 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,120 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 25th percentile and the median in Portland-Vancouver, and the Oregon statewide median of $75,480 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Portland-Vancouver

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 $22,863 to the $78,750 median and brings it to $101,613 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 $101,613 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 7.0 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 Portland-Vancouver

Of the 17 roles we track in Portland-Vancouver, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($80,100) and office managers ($76,380). Project Coordinator is the highest at $108,340.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Portland-Vancouver (+2.8%); paralegals come first (+19.9%). The typical role here is at +9.9%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Portland-Vancouver than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 3.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Portland-Vancouver, 3.1% across Oregon and 2.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $62,330 in Grants Pass to $80,960 in Corvallis, a gap of $18,630 a year. No other area in Oregon has as many executive assistants, and 9 of the other 10 pay less.

Portland-Vancouver against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Portland-Vancouver is #22 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 Oregon, Boulder and Stockton-Lodi pay just above Portland-Vancouver and Mount Vernon-Anacortes and Yuba City just below. All four are within $450 a year of the median in Portland-Vancouver. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, none pays as much.

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