Administrative Assistant salary in Dothan, AL

Pay in Dothan against Alabama and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $56,220, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Dothan earns $33,860–$47,410. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $13,550 wide, between the figure for Alabama ($13,540) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $5,640 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,910, or about $10,206 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Dothan, and the Alabama statewide median of $41,630 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 Dothan

At the $39,500 median, a local hire costs about $50,968 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,468 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 Dothan

Of the 14 roles we track in Dothan, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($41,330) and payroll specialists ($38,550). Project Coordinator is the highest at $135,260.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #2 of the 14 roles we track in Dothan (-16.9%), between project coordinators (+32.2%) and bookkeepers (-18.4%). The typical role here is at -21.1%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Dothan than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 20.4% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Dothan, 20.9% across Alabama and 11.0% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 16 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $37,480 in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area to $46,090 in Huntsville, a gap of $8,610 a year. Of the 12 areas in Alabama with more administrative assistants than Dothan, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area ($39,000), the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area ($37,480) and the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area ($38,120).

Dothan against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Dothan is #280 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 Alabama, South Bend-Mishawaka and College Station-Bryan pay just above Dothan and Topeka and Sebring just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Dothan. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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