Administrative Assistant salary in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area

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

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area earns $27,810–$40,930. The top tenth earns $49,400 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,120 wide, against $14,870 across Louisiana and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $6,050 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,070, or about $9,123 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area, and the Louisiana statewide median of $38,790 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 Louisiana nonmetro area

At the $33,860 median, a local hire costs about $43,690 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $9,830 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 Louisiana nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($34,360) and virtual receptionists ($29,520). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,650.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #12 of the 15 roles we track in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area (-28.8%), between office managers (-28.1%) and executive assistants (-30.4%). The typical role here is at -22.9%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 26.5% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area, 16.6% across Louisiana and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Louisiana

Across the 13 areas of Louisiana with data for this job, the median runs from $33,860 in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area to $42,830 in New Orleans-Metairie, a gap of $8,970 a year. All 5 areas in Louisiana with more administrative assistants than the Central Louisiana nonmetro area also pay more, among them New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($42,830) and Baton Rouge, LA ($40,910).

the Central Louisiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Louisiana nonmetro area is #224 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. No US metro area pays administrative assistants less than the Central Louisiana nonmetro area; the table shows the next lowest outside Louisiana. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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