Executive Assistant salary in Reading, PA

Pay in Reading against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Reading earns $55,520–$78,870. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $93,460, 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 $23,350 wide, against $26,080 across Pennsylvania and $33,000 nationally: employers in Reading pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $10,920 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $12,430, or about $16,039 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 median and the 75th percentile in Reading, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $75,270 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Reading

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 $19,289 to the $66,440 median and brings it to $85,729 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.

A local hire here costs about 5.9 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 7.2 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 Reading

Of the 17 roles we track in Reading, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between office managers ($66,570) and marketing specialists ($63,040). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,040.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Reading (-13.3%), between sales development representatives (-13.0%) and marketing specialists (-20.0%). The typical role here is at -4.3%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Reading than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 2.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Reading, 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. Of the 6 areas in Pennsylvania with more executive assistants than Reading, 2 pay less: Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA ($64,350) and Lancaster, PA ($66,350).

Reading against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Reading is #179 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Bloomington and Blacksburg-Christiansburg pay just above Reading and Las Vegas-Henderson and Greensboro-High Point just below. All four are within $300 a year of the median in Reading. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, one pays more.

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