Show me the money...

What are typical personal assistant salaries? Do some companies pay a lot more for this position than others? What does a top earner make in this field?

What skills should you learn to increase your salary?

A personal assistant assesses and integrates quickly. Assessing is not only learning, but understanding the daily to-do's an executive lives with. It is your job, your focus, to understand 'the day'. As you integrate to the job you must learn to anticipate elements where your personal intervention can be recommended then granted by the executive. When you anticipate elements YOU can take care of - you must be expediant and cautious all at the same time, while also handling all the other things you must do. When you save your boss TIME and MONEY - your value becomes known quickly. TIME and MONEY are the basic building blocks of a solid business - and they are always in short supply. You have to look at the LIFE of the boss - examine it - get to know it and the people involved with it. KNOW the people and HOW they integrate - who is a resource, who is not, who is patient and who is not, etc...then as you ANTICIPATE action, and then implmenet - you will maximize your value.