Executive Assistant salary in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC

Pay in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake against Virginia and the US

Executive assistants at the 90th percentile earn $101,460, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.2. The middle half of executive assistants in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake earns $55,350–$83,360. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $28,010 wide, against $35,290 across Virginia and $33,000 nationally: employers in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $15,740 a year in pay and about $20,310 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,270 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, and the Virginia statewide median of $80,330 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake

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 $19,632 to the $67,620 median and brings it to $87,252 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 $87,252 a local hire costs here, you could cover about 6.0 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake

Of the 17 roles we track in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($69,560) and office managers ($63,970). Project Coordinator is the highest at $104,920.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake (-11.7%), between marketing specialists (-11.7%) and customer support specialists (-14.8%). The typical role here is at -6.7%, so, measured against the US, executive assistants cost less in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake than the area's general pay level would suggest. Executive assistants hold 1.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, 2.4% across Virginia and 2.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $56,380 in Harrisonburg to $77,510 in Richmond, a gap of $21,130 a year. The one area in Virginia with more executive assistants, Richmond, VA ($77,510), also pays more.

Virginia Beach-Chesapeake against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Virginia Beach-Chesapeake is #59 of 506 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Virginia, Winston-Salem and Decatur pay just above Virginia Beach-Chesapeake and Naples-Marco Island and Lansing-East Lansing just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, one pays more.

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