Administrative Assistant salary in the Central Oregon nonmetro area

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

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Central Oregon nonmetro area earns $40,070–$56,380. The top tenth earns $63,990 or more, 1.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $16,310 wide, between the figure for Oregon ($15,560) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,220 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,090, or about $11,729 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Central Oregon nonmetro area, and the Oregon statewide median of $51,740 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Central Oregon 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 $13,729 to the $47,290 median and brings it to $61,019 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 Oregon nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Central Oregon nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($48,200) and medical administrative assistants ($47,040). Project Coordinator is the highest at $99,280.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 16 roles we track in the Central Oregon nonmetro area (-0.5%), between medical administrative assistants (+2.4%) and virtual receptionists (-1.5%). The typical role here is at -5.1%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Central Oregon nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 14.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Central Oregon nonmetro area, 12.2% across Oregon and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $45,380 in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area to $55,660 in Salem, a gap of $10,280 a year. Of the 7 areas in Oregon with more administrative assistants than the Central Oregon nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Coast Oregon nonmetro area ($46,680) and the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area ($45,380).

the Central Oregon nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Oregon nonmetro area is #410 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Oregon, Minot and Detroit-Warren pay just above the Central Oregon nonmetro area and Green Bay and Lafayette-West Lafayette just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the Central Oregon nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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