Executive Assistant salary in Topeka, KS

Pay in Topeka against Kansas and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Topeka earns $51,110–$76,410. The top tenth earns $100,180 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.2 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $25,300 wide, between the figure for Kansas ($21,130) and the US figure ($33,000).

What to budget for an executive assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,180 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $13,120, or about $16,929 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Topeka, and the Kansas statewide median of $64,860 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local executive assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Topeka

At the $63,290 median, a local hire costs about $81,665 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,375 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.

A local hire here costs about 5.6 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 6.8 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 Topeka

Of the 17 roles we track in Topeka, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($65,340) and sales development representatives ($63,260). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,000.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Topeka (-17.4%), between marketing specialists (-17.0%) and e-commerce order specialists (-19.8%). The typical role here is at -8.8%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Topeka than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 2.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Topeka, 1.7% across Kansas and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kansas

Across the 5 areas of Kansas with data for this job, the median runs from $60,000 in the Kansas nonmetro area to $71,330 in Manhattan, a gap of $11,330 a year. All 2 areas in Kansas with more executive assistants than Topeka pay less, among them Wichita, KS ($62,280) and the Kansas nonmetro area ($60,000).

Topeka against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Topeka is #155 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Kansas, Louisville and Greeley pay just above Topeka and Greenville and Sebastian-Vero Beach just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Topeka. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, one pays more.

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