Administrative Assistant salary in Clarksville, TN-KY

Pay in Clarksville against Tennessee and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $58,920, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Clarksville earns $35,750–$49,770. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $14,020 wide, against $16,960 across Tennessee and $19,170 nationally: employers in Clarksville pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,090 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,930, or about $8,942 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 Clarksville, and the Tennessee statewide median of $45,810 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Clarksville

At the $42,840 median, a local hire costs about $55,277 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,437 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 Clarksville

Of the 17 roles we track in Clarksville, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($44,650) and e-commerce order specialists ($38,590). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,660.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Clarksville (-9.9%), between bookkeepers (-8.7%) and payroll specialists (-10.0%). The typical role here is at -13.5%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Clarksville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 10.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Clarksville, 9.5% across Tennessee and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $38,230 in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area to $49,000 in Nashville-Murfreesboro, a gap of $10,770 a year. Of the 10 areas in Tennessee with more administrative assistants than Clarksville, 7 pay less, the largest of them Chattanooga, TN-GA ($41,990), the West Tennessee nonmetro area ($39,740) and the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area ($39,270).

Clarksville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Clarksville is #320 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Tennessee, Mansfield and Sebastian-Vero Beach pay just above Clarksville and Mobile and Rocky Mount just below. All four are within $210 a year of the median in Clarksville. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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