Administrative Assistant salary in the Central Missouri nonmetro area

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

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Central Missouri nonmetro area earns $33,310–$45,470. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $51,890, only 1.8 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 $12,160 wide, against $13,180 across Missouri and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Central Missouri 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 $7,370 over the median, the 25th only $4,790 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,510 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 Missouri nonmetro area, and the Missouri statewide median of $43,540 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 Missouri nonmetro area

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $11,061 to the $38,100 median and brings it to $49,161 a year. 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 Missouri nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central Missouri nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($40,220) and data entry specialists ($37,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $74,080.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Central Missouri nonmetro area (-19.9%), between office managers (-18.5%) and accountants (-21.1%). The typical role here is at -18.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 17.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central Missouri nonmetro area, 11.9% across Missouri and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $37,180 in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area to $46,810 in Kansas City, a gap of $9,630 a year. Of the 5 areas in Missouri with more administrative assistants than the Central Missouri nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area ($37,180).

the Central Missouri nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Missouri nonmetro area is #175 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 Missouri, Gulfport-Biloxi and Huntington-Ashland pay just above the Central Missouri nonmetro area and Lafayette and Albany just below. All four are within $270 a year of the median in the Central Missouri nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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