Executive Assistant salary in Waco, TX

Pay in Waco against Texas and the US

The middle half of executive assistants in Waco earns $55,230–$79,720. The top tenth earns $99,300 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.2 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $24,490 wide, against $28,250 across Texas and $33,000 nationally: employers in Waco pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an executive assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $12,740 a year in pay and about $16,439 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,750 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 Waco, and the Texas statewide median of $71,990 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Waco

At the $66,980 median, a local hire costs about $86,426 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,446 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 6.0 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 7.2 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 Waco

Of the 17 roles we track in Waco, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($76,140) and recruiters ($63,320). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,580.

Measured against the US median, executive assistants rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in Waco (-12.5%), between HR assistants (-11.5%) and customer support specialists (-13.3%). The typical role here is at -12.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Executive assistants hold 2.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Waco, 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 13 areas in Texas with more executive assistants than Waco, 8 pay less, the largest of them the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area ($55,810), the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($61,340) and El Paso, TX ($62,450).

Waco against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Waco is #192 of 506 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Utica-Rome and Lawrence pay just above Waco and Tuscaloosa and Wheeling just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Waco. Of the three markets with about as many executive assistants, none pays as much.

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