Executive Assistant salary in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

Pay in San Antonio-New Braunfels against Texas and the US

Executive assistants at the 90th percentile earn $99,150, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.2. The middle half of executive assistants in San Antonio-New Braunfels earns $60,880–$88,160. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $27,280 wide, against $28,250 across Texas and $33,000 nationally: employers in San Antonio-New Braunfels pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $14,460 a year in pay and about $18,658 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,820 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, and the Texas statewide median of $71,990 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in San Antonio-New Braunfels

At the $73,700 median, a local hire costs about $95,097 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,397 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 $95,097 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 6.6 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels

Of the 17 roles we track in San Antonio-New Braunfels, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($78,650) and recruiters ($72,930). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,130.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in San Antonio-New Braunfels (-3.8%); sales development representatives come last (-27.7%). The typical role here is at -8.1%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost more in San Antonio-New Braunfels than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 1.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in San Antonio-New Braunfels, 2.2% across Texas and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 30 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $55,200 in Texarkana to $80,230 in Dallas-Fort Worth, a gap of $25,030 a year. Of the 3 areas in Texas with more executive assistants than San Antonio-New Braunfels, 1 pays less: Austin-Round Rock, TX ($69,600).

San Antonio-New Braunfels against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, San Antonio-New Braunfels is #44 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 Texas, Nashville-Murfreesboro and Phoenix-Mesa pay just above San Antonio-New Braunfels and Springfield and Raleigh-Cary just below. All four are within $310 a year of the median in San Antonio-New Braunfels. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, none pays as much.

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