Administrative Assistant salary in Burlington, NC

Pay in Burlington against North Carolina and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $59,530, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Burlington earns $38,120–$47,890. The mean ($44,450) 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 only $9,770 wide, against $13,770 across North Carolina and $19,170 nationally: employers in Burlington pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $3,260 over it, while the 25th sits $6,510 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $4,206 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 Burlington, and the North Carolina statewide median of $45,790 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Burlington

At the $44,630 median, a local hire costs about $57,587 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,957 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 Burlington

Of the 15 roles we track in Burlington, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($47,460) and medical administrative assistants ($44,190). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,370.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #6 of the 15 roles we track in Burlington (-6.1%), between payroll specialists (-4.8%) and bookkeepers (-6.3%). The typical role here is at -8.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 12.2% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Burlington, 8.4% across North Carolina and 10.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $38,590 in Jacksonville to $48,500 in Raleigh-Cary, a gap of $9,910 a year. Of the 12 areas in North Carolina with more administrative assistants than Burlington, 6 pay less, the largest of them the Western North Carolina nonmetro area ($41,410), the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area ($41,250) and the Central North Carolina nonmetro area ($41,260).

Burlington against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Burlington is #385 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside North Carolina, Kankakee and Fort Wayne pay just above Burlington and Prescott Valley-Prescott and St. George just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Burlington. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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