Administrative Assistant salary in the Connecticut nonmetro area

Pay in the Connecticut nonmetro area against Connecticut and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Connecticut nonmetro area earns $46,010–$59,580. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $65,630, only 1.7 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 $13,570 wide, against $18,420 across Connecticut and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Connecticut 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 $8,940 over the median, the 25th only $4,630 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,535 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 25th percentile and the median in the Connecticut nonmetro area, and the Connecticut statewide median of $57,210 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Connecticut 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 $14,702 to the $50,640 median and brings it to $65,342 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 Connecticut nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Connecticut nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($54,900) and medical administrative assistants ($47,870). Accountant is the highest at $90,420.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 14 roles we track in the Connecticut nonmetro area (+6.5%), between accountants (+8.1%) and payroll specialists (+5.5%). The typical role here is at +1.7%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Connecticut nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 14.5% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Connecticut nonmetro area, 12.8% across Connecticut and 11.0% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Connecticut

Across the 6 areas of Connecticut with data for this job, the median runs from $50,460 in Waterbury-Shelton to $63,800 in New Haven, a gap of $13,340 a year. Of the 5 areas in Connecticut with more administrative assistants than the Connecticut nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Waterbury-Shelton, CT ($50,460).

the Connecticut nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Connecticut nonmetro area is #371 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Connecticut, Wenatchee-East Wenatchee and Bakersfield-Delano pay just above the Connecticut nonmetro area and Ann Arbor and Chicago-Naperville just below. All four are within $320 a year of the median in the Connecticut nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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