Administrative Assistant salary in Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA

Pay in Blacksburg-Christiansburg against Virginia and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $63,350, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Blacksburg-Christiansburg earns $37,960–$51,840. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,880 wide, against $18,560 across Virginia and $19,170 nationally: employers in Blacksburg-Christiansburg pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $7,740 a year in pay and about $9,987 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,140 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg, and the Virginia statewide median of $47,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg

At the $44,100 median, a local hire costs about $56,903 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,803 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg

Of the 16 roles we track in Blacksburg-Christiansburg, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($46,770) and medical administrative assistants ($39,820). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,070.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 16 roles we track in Blacksburg-Christiansburg (-7.2%), between bookkeepers (+1.9%) and paralegals (-7.3%). The typical role here is at -13.1%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Blacksburg-Christiansburg than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 14.4% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Blacksburg-Christiansburg, 8.1% across Virginia and 11.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $39,200 in the Southside Virginia nonmetro area to $53,100 in Charlottesville, a gap of $13,900 a year. Of the 8 areas in Virginia with more administrative assistants than Blacksburg-Christiansburg, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area ($40,510), the Southside Virginia nonmetro area ($39,200) and Lynchburg, VA ($41,510).

Blacksburg-Christiansburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Blacksburg-Christiansburg is #392 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Virginia, Wildwood-The Villages and Traverse City pay just above Blacksburg-Christiansburg and Michigan City-La Porte and Battle Creek just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Blacksburg-Christiansburg. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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