Administrative Assistant salary in Eau Claire, WI

Pay in Eau Claire against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Eau Claire earns $41,660–$54,950. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $61,170, only 1.7 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 $13,290 wide, against $13,670 across Wisconsin and $19,170 nationally: employers in Eau Claire 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 $7,980 over the median, the 25th only $5,310 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,297 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 Eau Claire, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $47,710 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Eau Claire

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 $13,636 to the $46,970 median and brings it to $60,606 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 Eau Claire

Of the 16 roles we track in Eau Claire, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($47,970) and customer support specialists ($45,930). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,840.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in Eau Claire (-1.2%), between payroll specialists (-0.2%) and office managers (-2.2%). The typical role here is at -3.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 9.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Eau Claire, 10.0% across Wisconsin and 10.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $44,720 in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $51,410 in Madison, a gap of $6,690 a year. Of the 9 areas in Wisconsin with more administrative assistants than Eau Claire, 3 pay less: the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,760), the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,300) and the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,790).

Eau Claire against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Eau Claire is #387 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Colorado Springs and Jackson pay just above Eau Claire and Albuquerque and Kansas City just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in Eau Claire. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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