Administrative Assistant salary in the Arizona nonmetro area

Pay in the Arizona nonmetro area against Arizona and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Arizona nonmetro area earns $37,470–$49,730. The top tenth earns $63,080 or more, 1.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,260 wide, against $15,350 across Arizona and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Arizona nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $5,810 a year in pay and about $7,497 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,450 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 $47,540 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in the Arizona nonmetro area, and the Arizona statewide median of $47,940 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Arizona nonmetro area

At the $43,920 median, a local hire costs about $56,671 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,751 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 the Arizona nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Arizona nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($46,110) and payroll specialists ($43,180). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,250.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 16 roles we track in the Arizona nonmetro area (-7.6%), between virtual receptionists (-1.4%) and bookkeepers (-8.2%). The typical role here is at -15.2%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Arizona nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 17.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Arizona nonmetro area, 8.9% across Arizona and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arizona

Across the 8 areas of Arizona with data for this job, the median runs from $40,230 in Sierra Vista-Douglas to $48,800 in Phoenix-Mesa, a gap of $8,570 a year. All 2 areas in Arizona with more administrative assistants than the Arizona nonmetro area also pay more, among them Phoenix-Mesa, AZ ($48,800) and Tucson, AZ ($45,030).

the Arizona nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Arizona nonmetro area is #254 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Arizona, Canton-Massillon and Pocatello pay just above the Arizona nonmetro area and Decatur and Lebanon just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in the Arizona nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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