Administrative Assistant salary in Bay City, MI

Pay in Bay City against Michigan and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $61,380, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Bay City earns $36,400–$50,590. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $14,190 wide, against $14,740 across Michigan and $19,170 nationally: employers in Bay City pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,350 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,840, or about $8,826 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 median and the 75th percentile in Bay City, and the Michigan statewide median of $46,020 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Bay City

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $12,702 to the $43,750 median and brings it to $56,452 a year. 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 Bay City

Of the 13 roles we track in Bay City, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($47,730) and medical administrative assistants ($42,820). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,170.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #4 of the 13 roles we track in Bay City (-8.0%), between project coordinators (-8.0%) and virtual receptionists (-10.9%). The typical role here is at -13.2%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Bay City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 13.6% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Bay City, 10.4% across Michigan and 11.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $39,660 in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area to $50,600 in Ann Arbor, a gap of $10,940 a year. Of the 17 areas in Michigan with more administrative assistants than Bay City, 6 pay less, the largest of them the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($40,180), Flint, MI ($42,600) and the Southern Michigan nonmetro area ($43,130).

Bay City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bay City is #502 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Michigan, Logan and Springfield pay just above Bay City and Panama City-Panama City Beach and Spartanburg just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Bay City. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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