Administrative Assistant salary in the East North Dakota nonmetro area

Pay in the East North Dakota nonmetro area against North Dakota and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $59,030, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in the East North Dakota nonmetro area earns $37,980–$51,770. The mean ($45,550) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $13,790 wide, between the figure for North Dakota ($13,610) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $5,660 a year in pay and about $7,303 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,130 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 median and the 75th percentile in the East North Dakota nonmetro area, and the North Dakota statewide median of $47,480 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the East North Dakota 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 $13,387 to the $46,110 median and brings it to $59,497 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 North Dakota nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the East North Dakota nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($46,180) and virtual receptionists ($42,540). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,490.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #4 of the 14 roles we track in the East North Dakota nonmetro area (-3.0%), between payroll specialists (+2.0%) and paralegals (-3.2%). The typical role here is at -7.0%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the East North Dakota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 22.5% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the East North Dakota nonmetro area, 17.3% across North Dakota and 11.0% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Dakota

Across the 6 areas of North Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $46,110 in the East North Dakota nonmetro area to $50,020 in the West North Dakota nonmetro area, a gap of $3,910 a year. All 3 areas in North Dakota with more administrative assistants than the East North Dakota nonmetro area also pay more, among them Fargo, ND-MN ($47,060) and Bismarck, ND ($47,580).

the East North Dakota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East North Dakota nonmetro area is #340 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside North Dakota, Utica-Rome and Watertown-Fort Drum pay just above the East North Dakota nonmetro area and Huntsville and Las Vegas-Henderson just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in the East North Dakota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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