Administrative Assistant salary in Elmira, NY

Pay in Elmira against New York and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Elmira earns $39,270–$47,770. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $58,700, only 1.6 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 $8,500 wide, against $15,180 across New York and $19,170 nationally: employers in Elmira pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $3,320 over it, while the 25th sits $5,180 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $4,284 more a year with benefits. 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 Elmira, and the New York statewide median of $49,600 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in Elmira

At the $44,450 median, a local hire costs about $57,355 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,905 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 Elmira

Of the 14 roles we track in Elmira, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($48,330) and medical administrative assistants ($41,000). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,250.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #8 of the 14 roles we track in Elmira (-6.5%), between project coordinators (-5.9%) and office managers (-7.7%). The typical role here is at -6.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 17.4% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Elmira, 11.4% across New York and 11.0% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $44,450 in Elmira to $51,440 in New York-Newark, a gap of $6,990 a year. All 14 areas in New York with more administrative assistants than Elmira also pay more, among them New York-Newark, NY-NJ ($51,440) and Albany-Schenectady, NY ($49,330).

Elmira against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Elmira is #448 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside New York, Lima and Saginaw pay just above Elmira and Grand Island and Columbus just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Elmira. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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