Administrative Assistant salary in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area against Oregon and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area earns $40,700–$52,920. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $61,020, only 1.8 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,220 wide, against $15,560 across Oregon and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $7,540 over the median, the 25th only $4,680 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,729 a year in employer cost. 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 Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, and the Oregon statewide median of $51,740 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Oregon 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 $13,175 to the $45,380 median and brings it to $58,555 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 Eastern Oregon nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($47,320) and customer support specialists ($43,640). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,750.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #8 of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area (-4.5%), between payroll specialists (-4.5%) and accountants (-5.2%). The typical role here is at -4.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 17.2% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, 12.3% across Oregon and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $45,380 in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area to $55,660 in Salem, a gap of $10,280 a year. All 5 areas in Oregon with more administrative assistants than the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area also pay more, among them Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA ($55,360) and Salem, OR ($55,660).

the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area is #350 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Oregon, Wilmington and Chambersburg pay just above the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area and Dover and Atlanta-Sandy Springs just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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