Administrative Assistant salary in Burlington-South Burlington, VT

Pay in Burlington-South Burlington against Vermont and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Burlington-South Burlington earns $44,620–$57,560. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $63,370, only 1.6 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 $12,940 wide, between the figure for Vermont ($12,280) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $5,590 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,350, or about $9,484 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 25th percentile and the median in Burlington-South Burlington, and the Vermont statewide median of $48,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Burlington-South Burlington

At the $50,210 median, a local hire costs about $64,787 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,577 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-South Burlington

Of the 16 roles we track in Burlington-South Burlington, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($51,500) and customer support specialists ($50,160). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,410.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in Burlington-South Burlington (+5.6%), between HR assistants (+7.1%) and data entry specialists (+5.0%). The typical role here is at +5.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 12.8% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Burlington-South Burlington, 14.4% across Vermont and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Vermont

Across the 3 areas of Vermont with data for this job, the median runs from $47,740 in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area to $50,210 in Burlington-South Burlington, a gap of $2,470 a year. No other area in Vermont has as many administrative assistants, and both others pay less.

Burlington-South Burlington against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Burlington-South Burlington is #279 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Vermont, Chicago-Naperville and Waterbury-Shelton pay just above Burlington-South Burlington and Santa Fe and Fresno just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in Burlington-South Burlington. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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