Administrative Assistant salary in Bozeman, MT

Pay in Bozeman against Montana and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Bozeman earns $39,380–$52,070. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $58,080, only 1.8 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($46,440) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $12,690 wide, between the figure for Montana ($11,240) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $4,650 over it, while the 25th sits $8,040 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $6,000 more a year with benefits. 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 Bozeman, and the Montana statewide median of $43,940 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Bozeman

At the $47,420 median, a local hire costs about $61,187 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,767 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 Bozeman

Of the 13 roles we track in Bozeman, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($47,500) and virtual receptionists ($40,370). Project Coordinator is the highest at $99,090.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #4 of the 13 roles we track in Bozeman (-0.3%), between medical administrative assistants (+3.4%) and office managers (-1.3%). The typical role here is at -3.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 9.6% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Bozeman, 12.4% across Montana and 13.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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 3 areas in Montana with more administrative assistants than Bozeman pay less, among them the West Montana nonmetro area ($40,340) and the East-Central Montana nonmetro area ($40,060).

Bozeman against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bozeman is #451 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Montana, Harrisburg-Carlisle and Miami-Fort Lauderdale pay just above Bozeman and Manchester-Nashua and Grants Pass just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Bozeman. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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