Administrative Assistant salary in Dalton, GA

Pay in Dalton against Georgia and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $53,670 or more, 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of administrative assistants in Dalton earns $30,040–$47,480. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $17,440 wide, against $19,960 across Georgia and $19,170 nationally: employers in Dalton pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $10,040 a year in pay and about $12,955 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,400 in pay. 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 Dalton, and the Georgia statewide median of $41,600 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Dalton

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 $10,870 to the $37,440 median and brings it to $48,310 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 Dalton

Of the 17 roles we track in Dalton, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($39,110) and medical administrative assistants ($36,200). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,590.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Dalton (-21.2%), between medical administrative assistants (-21.2%) and paralegals (-24.0%). The typical role here is at -12.8%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in Dalton than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 10.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Dalton, 8.7% across Georgia and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $34,920 in the East Georgia nonmetro area to $45,270 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $10,350 a year. Of the 11 areas in Georgia with more administrative assistants than Dalton, 4 pay less, the largest of them the South Georgia nonmetro area ($35,940), the Middle Georgia nonmetro area ($37,180) and the East Georgia nonmetro area ($34,920).

Dalton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Dalton is #427 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Georgia, Enid and Cape Girardeau pay just above Dalton and Monroe and Lawton just below. All four are within $200 a year of the median in Dalton. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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