Administrative Assistant salary in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area against California and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $74,090, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area earns $46,780–$61,120. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $14,340 wide, against $19,010 across California and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $6,140 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,200, or about $10,581 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 25th percentile and the median in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, and the California statewide median of $55,400 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California 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 $15,364 to the $52,920 median and brings it to $68,284 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 Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($59,050) and bookkeepers ($50,900). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,670.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 14 roles we track in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area (+11.3%); marketing specialists come last (-18.3%). The typical role here is at +0.9%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 12.7% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, 9.7% across California and 11.0% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $49,150 in El Centro to $62,940 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $13,790 a year. Of the 24 areas in California with more administrative assistants than the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, 9 pay less, the largest of them Fresno, CA ($50,100), Bakersfield-Delano, CA ($50,960) and Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($51,800).

the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area is #436 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside California, Charlottesville and Kennewick-Richland pay just above the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area and Rochester and Yakima just below. All four are within $380 a year of the median in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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