Side by side

Consultant vs Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant pays more: a median of $86,500 against $79,000. There is 1.9× more demand for Executive Assistant. Listings for Consultant move faster — median age 52 days against 88.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureConsultantExecutive AssistantGap
Open postings6,13711,495-5,358
Posted this week303857
Median salary$79,000$86,500$-7.5k
25th percentile$62.5k$68.5k
75th percentile$98k$108k
Salary disclosed6.3%3.4%
Remote share12.2%10.7%+1.5pp
Median age of posting52d88d
Open over 60 days46.9%45.1%
Visa sponsorship14.3%10.4%
Pay

Pay distribution

Consultant

$36k$137k

Executive Assistant

$39k$150k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Consultant

just posted52d median90d+

Executive Assistant

just posted88d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Consultant — technologies

React
72.0%
Python
65.8%
Salesforce
59.6%
Snowflake
53.4%
AWS
47.2%
PostgreSQL
41.0%
Tableau
34.8%

Executive Assistant — technologies

Swift
72.0%
Spark
65.8%
AWS
59.6%
HubSpot
53.4%
Azure
47.2%
Kubernetes
41.0%
JavaScript
34.8%

Consultant — employers

Meridian Software
9.4%
Rivergate Media
8.7%
Umbra Security
8.0%
Quarry Analytics
7.2%
Northwind Systems
6.5%
Halcyon Energy
5.8%
Aperture Labs
5.1%

Executive Assistant — employers

Quarry Analytics
9.4%
Northwind Systems
8.7%
Aperture Labs
8.0%
Brightline Retail
7.2%
Vantage Logistics
6.5%
Rivergate Media
5.8%
Umbra Security
5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.