Executive Assistant salary in Springfield, MA

Pay in Springfield against Massachusetts and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Springfield earns $58,870–$82,460. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $98,110, only 2.0 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 $23,590 wide, against $30,610 across Massachusetts and $33,000 nationally: employers in Springfield pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $11,400 a year in pay and about $14,710 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,190 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 Springfield, and the Massachusetts statewide median of $82,650 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in Springfield

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 $20,630 to the $71,060 median and brings it to $91,690 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 $91,690 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 6.3 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 Springfield

Of the 17 roles we track in Springfield, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($71,630) and sales development representatives ($69,800). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,880.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Springfield (-7.2%), between data entry specialists (-2.3%) and project coordinators (-7.3%). The typical role here is at +4.5%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Springfield than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 3.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Springfield, 3.8% across Massachusetts and 2.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Massachusetts

Across the 7 areas of Massachusetts with data for this job, the median runs from $71,060 in Springfield to $85,260 in Boston-Cambridge, a gap of $14,200 a year. All 2 areas in Massachusetts with more executive assistants than Springfield also pay more, among them Boston-Cambridge, MA-NH ($85,260) and Worcester, MA ($75,350).

Springfield against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Springfield is #96 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 Massachusetts, Greenville-Anderson and Manchester-Nashua pay just above Springfield and Cincinnati and Kalamazoo-Portage just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Springfield. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, one pays more.

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