Administrative Assistant salary in the Central Indiana nonmetro area

Pay in the Central Indiana nonmetro area against Indiana and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Central Indiana nonmetro area earns $35,360–$46,240. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $51,330, 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 $10,880 wide, against $13,190 across Indiana and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Central Indiana nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $8,090 over the median, the 25th only $2,790 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,439 a year in employer cost. 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Central Indiana nonmetro area, and the Indiana statewide median of $44,270 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in the Central Indiana nonmetro area

At the $38,150 median, a local hire costs about $49,226 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,076 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 the Central Indiana nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central Indiana nonmetro area, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($39,570) and virtual receptionists ($34,100). Project Coordinator is the highest at $75,700.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in the Central Indiana nonmetro area (-19.8%), between payroll specialists (-19.7%) and marketing specialists (-23.8%). The typical role here is at -13.8%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in the Central Indiana nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 10.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central Indiana nonmetro area, 7.5% across Indiana and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $38,080 in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area to $47,270 in Lafayette-West Lafayette, a gap of $9,190 a year. Of the 5 areas in Indiana with more administrative assistants than the Central Indiana nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Southern Indiana nonmetro area ($38,080).

the Central Indiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Indiana nonmetro area is #318 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Indiana, Huntington-Ashland and Macon-Bibb County pay just above the Central Indiana nonmetro area and Gulfport-Biloxi and Lafayette just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in the Central Indiana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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