Administrative Assistant salary in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area

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

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $59,670, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area earns $38,110–$52,610. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $14,500 wide, between the figure for Kentucky ($14,400) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $7,890 a year in pay and about $10,181 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,610 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 the Central Kentucky nonmetro area, and the Kentucky statewide median of $44,200 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area

At the $44,720 median, a local hire costs about $57,703 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,983 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 Kentucky nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between HR assistants ($46,060) and bookkeepers ($43,740). Project Coordinator is the highest at $76,260.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area (-5.9%), between data entry specialists (-5.8%) and office managers (-8.6%). The typical role here is at -16.1%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 16.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area, 9.2% across Kentucky and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $38,280 in the East Kentucky nonmetro area to $47,790 in Lexington-Fayette, a gap of $9,510 a year. The one area in Kentucky with more administrative assistants, Louisville, KY-IN ($47,090), also pays more.

the Central Kentucky nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Kentucky nonmetro area is #114 of 520 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Kentucky, Kankakee and Fort Wayne pay just above the Central Kentucky nonmetro area and Burlington and Prescott Valley-Prescott just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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