Administrative Assistant salary in Davenport-Moline, IA-IL

Pay in Davenport-Moline against Iowa and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $62,380, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Davenport-Moline earns $37,810–$53,200. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $15,390 wide, between the figure for Iowa ($13,030) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,900 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,490, or about $9,665 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 Davenport-Moline, and the Iowa statewide median of $45,150 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Davenport-Moline

At the $45,710 median, a local hire costs about $58,981 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,271 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 Davenport-Moline

Of the 17 roles we track in Davenport-Moline, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($47,840) and customer support specialists ($39,950). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,880.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in Davenport-Moline (-3.8%), between payroll specialists (-2.3%) and virtual receptionists (-4.8%). The typical role here is at -7.3%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Davenport-Moline than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 10.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Davenport-Moline, 9.4% across Iowa and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Iowa

Across the 12 areas of Iowa with data for this job, the median runs from $39,810 in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area to $48,740 in Ames, a gap of $8,930 a year. The one area in Iowa with more administrative assistants, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($47,500), also pays more.

Davenport-Moline against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Davenport-Moline is #190 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Iowa, Greensboro-High Point and Jacksonville pay just above Davenport-Moline and Harrisonburg and Cape Coral-Fort Myers just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Davenport-Moline. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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