Executive Assistant salary in Springfield, MO

Pay in Springfield against Missouri and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Springfield earns $47,420–$64,380. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $76,180, 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 $16,960 wide, against $26,170 across Missouri and $33,000 nationally: employers in Springfield pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $10,460 over the median, the 25th only $6,500 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,497 a year in employer cost. 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 above the 90th percentile in Springfield, and the Missouri statewide median of $60,320 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what nine in ten local executive assistants earn.

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 $15,654 to the $53,920 median and brings it to $69,574 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 4.8 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 5.8 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 Springfield

Of the 16 roles we track in Springfield, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($57,280) and sales development representatives ($52,610). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,060.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in Springfield (-29.6%); data entry specialists come first (-8.9%). The typical role here is at -17.3%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Springfield than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 2.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Springfield, 3.1% across Missouri and 2.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $49,480 in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area to $64,460 in Kansas City, a gap of $14,980 a year. All 2 areas in Missouri with more executive assistants than Springfield also pay more, among them St. Louis, MO-IL ($63,500) and Kansas City, MO-KS ($64,460).

Springfield against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Springfield is #99 of 506 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Missouri, Provo-Orem and Terre Haute pay just above Springfield and Hickory-Lenoir and Logan just below. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, all three pay more.

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