Administrative Assistant salary in Cheyenne, WY

Pay in Cheyenne against Wyoming and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $57,990, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Cheyenne earns $35,470–$45,450. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,980 wide, against $11,550 across Wyoming and $19,170 nationally: employers in Cheyenne 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 $6,850 over the median, the 25th only $3,130 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,839 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 Cheyenne, and the Wyoming statewide median of $45,450 falls there too. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Cheyenne

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 $11,206 to the $38,600 median and brings it to $49,806 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 Cheyenne

Of the 14 roles we track in Cheyenne, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($44,070) and virtual receptionists ($37,450). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,060.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #10 of the 14 roles we track in Cheyenne (-18.8%), between accountants (-11.5%) and marketing specialists (-19.3%). The typical role here is at -8.4%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in Cheyenne than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 7.9% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Cheyenne, 11.1% across Wyoming and 11.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wyoming

Across the 4 areas of Wyoming with data for this job, the median runs from $38,600 in Cheyenne to $46,560 in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area, a gap of $7,960 a year. All 2 areas in Wyoming with more administrative assistants than Cheyenne also pay more, among them the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area ($45,970) and the Western Wyoming nonmetro area ($46,560).

Cheyenne against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Cheyenne is #503 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Wyoming, Johnstown and Amarillo pay just above Cheyenne and Jacksonville and Shreveport-Bossier City just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Cheyenne. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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