Administrative Assistant salary in Billings, MT

Pay in Billings against Montana and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Billings earns $38,430–$49,500. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $58,200, only 1.7 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,070 wide, against $11,240 across Montana and $19,170 nationally: employers in Billings pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $5,820 a year in pay and about $7,510 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $5,250 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 Billings, and the Montana statewide median of $43,940 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Billings

At the $43,680 median, a local hire costs about $56,361 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,681 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 Billings

Of the 15 roles we track in Billings, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($43,710) and data entry specialists ($40,000). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,540.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #8 of the 15 roles we track in Billings (-8.1%), between paralegals (-6.7%) and office managers (-8.8%). The typical role here is at -8.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 9.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Billings, 10.8% across Montana and 10.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Montana

Across the 8 areas of Montana with data for this job, the median runs from $40,060 in the East-Central Montana nonmetro area to $47,670 in Helena, a gap of $7,610 a year. All 2 areas in Montana with more administrative assistants than Billings pay less, among them the West Montana nonmetro area ($40,340) and the East-Central Montana nonmetro area ($40,060).

Billings against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Billings is #384 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Montana, Sherman-Denison and Hagerstown-Martinsburg pay just above Billings and Punta Gorda and Pensacola-Ferry Pass just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Billings. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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