Administrative Assistant salary in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area

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

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area earns $47,390–$59,820. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $63,020, only 1.5 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 $12,430 wide, against $15,780 across Washington and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Eastern Washington 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 $7,870 over the median, the 25th only $4,560 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,155 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 25th percentile and the median in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area, and the Washington statewide median of $57,330 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area

At the $51,950 median, a local hire costs about $67,032 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $15,082 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 the Eastern Washington nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($56,100) and HR assistants ($50,530). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,780.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #5 of the 16 roles we track in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area (+9.3%), between bookkeepers (+10.7%) and customer support specialists (+8.4%). The typical role here is at +4.6%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 16.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area, 9.4% across Washington and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $49,550 in Spokane-Spokane Valley to $60,230 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $10,680 a year. Of the 5 areas in Washington with more administrative assistants than the Eastern Washington nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($49,550).

the Eastern Washington nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Washington nonmetro area is #238 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Washington, Portland-South Portland and Worcester pay just above the Eastern Washington nonmetro area and Visalia and Bloomington just below. All four are within $500 a year of the median in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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