Administrative Assistant salary in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $35,280–$49,460. The top tenth earns $60,570 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 $14,180 wide, against $17,510 across Texas and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas 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 $9,240 over the median, the 25th only $4,940 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,923 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $45,140 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area

At the $40,220 median, a local hire costs about $51,897 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,677 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 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($43,010) and medical administrative assistants ($38,550). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,470.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #9 of the 16 roles we track in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area (-15.4%), between HR assistants (-15.0%) and office managers (-15.7%). The typical role here is at -15.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 18.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area, 9.6% across Texas and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $36,310 in Eagle Pass to $48,470 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $12,160 a year. Of the 10 areas in Texas with more administrative assistants than the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area, 3 pay less: El Paso, TX ($39,280), the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($40,050) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($39,010).

the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area is #154 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 Texas, Sierra Vista-Douglas and Montgomery pay just above the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area and Sumter and Bowling Green just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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