Administrative Assistant salary in Albany, GA

Pay in Albany against Georgia and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $55,250 or more, 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of administrative assistants in Albany earns $29,230–$45,620. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,390 wide, against $19,960 across Georgia and $19,170 nationally: employers in Albany pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,600 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,790, or about $10,052 once benefits are added. 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 $47,540 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles in Albany, and the Georgia statewide median of $41,600 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Albany

At the $37,830 median, a local hire costs about $48,813 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,983 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Albany

Of the 15 roles we track in Albany, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($38,240) and virtual receptionists ($34,340). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,850.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #12 of the 15 roles we track in Albany (-20.4%), between executive assistants (-20.4%) and paralegals (-21.8%). The typical role here is at -15.6%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in Albany than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 9.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Albany, 8.8% across Georgia and 10.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $34,920 in the East Georgia nonmetro area to $45,270 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $10,350 a year. Of the 12 areas in Georgia with more administrative assistants than Albany, 7 pay less, the largest of them the South Georgia nonmetro area ($35,940), the North Georgia nonmetro area ($37,490) and the Middle Georgia nonmetro area ($37,180).

Albany against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Albany is #439 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Georgia, Lafayette and Gulfport-Biloxi pay just above Albany and Slidell-Mandeville and Fort Smith just below. All four are within $270 a year of the median in Albany. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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