Administrative Assistant salary in the East Georgia nonmetro area

Pay in the East Georgia nonmetro area against Georgia and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $52,000 or more, 2.3 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 the East Georgia nonmetro area earns $28,260–$43,530. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,270 wide, against $19,960 across Georgia and $19,170 nationally: employers in the East Georgia nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $8,610 a year in pay and about $11,110 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,660 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 the East Georgia nonmetro area, 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 the East Georgia 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 $10,138 to the $34,920 median and brings it to $45,058 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 East Georgia nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the East Georgia nonmetro area, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($35,950) and virtual receptionists ($30,810). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,200.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #14 of the 16 roles we track in the East Georgia nonmetro area (-26.5%), between recruiters (-24.7%) and marketing specialists (-27.0%). The typical role here is at -19.0%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in the East Georgia nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 14.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the East Georgia nonmetro area, 8.7% across Georgia and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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. All 8 areas in Georgia with more administrative assistants than the East Georgia nonmetro area also pay more, among them Atlanta-Sandy Springs, GA ($45,270) and Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($41,600).

the East Georgia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East Georgia nonmetro area is #344 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. No metro area outside Georgia pays administrative assistants less than the East Georgia nonmetro area; the table shows the next lowest outside Georgia. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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