Region	Salary range (median)
London (indicative) no live adverts yet: baseline range	£40,000 – £65,000 (midpoint £52,500)
South East (indicative) no live adverts yet: baseline range	£34,000 – £52,000 (midpoint £43,000)
Midlands (indicative) no live adverts yet: baseline range	£30,000 – £45,000 (midpoint £37,500)
Yorkshire (indicative) 4 live adverts	£27,000 – £45,000 (midpoint £37,500)
Scotland (indicative) 1 live advert	£30,000 – £45,000 (midpoint £36,500)
East of England (indicative) 5 live adverts	£23,500 – £47,500 (midpoint £31,000)
North West (indicative) 1 live advert	£27,000 – £45,000 (midpoint £27,000)
South West (indicative) 5 live adverts	£22,500 – £55,000 (midpoint £25,000)

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. Team assistants anchor the bottom of the band, PAs the middle and executive assistants to C-suite the top; financial services, law firms and private households pay most. Discretion, diary and travel management and board-pack preparation are the core asks.

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What does an executive assistant earn?

Indicatively £30,000–£45,000 in the regions and £40,000–£65,000 in London; C-suite EAs in finance £65,000–£85,000.

PA or EA?

An EA supports a senior executive with wider responsibility; a PA supports one or several managers. Pay follows seniority.

What do employers check?

Right to work, references and often an enhanced DBS for private household roles.

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