Executive Assistant salary in Sacramento-Roseville, CA

Pay in Sacramento-Roseville against California and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Sacramento-Roseville earns $70,250–$107,100. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $108,970, 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 $36,850 wide, wider than in California as a whole ($34,980) and the US ($33,000), so what a executive assistant earns in Sacramento-Roseville depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $19,190 a year in pay and about $24,761 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $17,660 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 Sacramento-Roseville, and the California statewide median of $89,000 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Sacramento-Roseville

At the $87,910 median, a local hire costs about $113,432 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $25,522 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 $113,432 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 7.8 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 Sacramento-Roseville

Of the 17 roles we track in Sacramento-Roseville, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($92,110) and recruiters ($80,950). Project Coordinator is the highest at $124,350.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in Sacramento-Roseville (+14.8%), between administrative assistants (+15.7%) and data entry specialists (+13.6%). The typical role here is at +13.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Executive assistants hold 3.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Sacramento-Roseville, 3.6% across California and 2.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $64,470 in Hanford-Corcoran to $106,220 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $41,750 a year. Of the 5 areas in California with more executive assistants than Sacramento-Roseville, 3 pay less: Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA ($82,850), San Diego-Chula Vista, CA ($84,540) and Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ($73,290).

Sacramento-Roseville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Sacramento-Roseville is #24 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 California, Washington-Arlington and Bridgeport-Stamford pay just above Sacramento-Roseville and Boston-Cambridge and Kahului-Wailuku just below. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, none pays as much.

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