Administrative Assistant salary in Evansville, IN

Pay in Evansville against Indiana and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Evansville earns $37,790–$49,390. The top tenth earns $58,250 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. The mean ($44,490) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,600 wide, against $13,190 across Indiana and $19,170 nationally: employers in Evansville 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 $4,410 over it, while the 25th sits $7,190 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $5,690 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 Evansville, and the Indiana statewide median of $44,270 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Evansville

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 $13,059 to the $44,980 median and brings it to $58,039 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 Evansville

Of the 17 roles we track in Evansville, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($46,680) and HR assistants ($44,260). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,990.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Evansville (-5.4%); executive assistants come last (-26.2%). The typical role here is at -12.1%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Evansville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 7.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Evansville, 7.5% across Indiana and 10.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $38,080 in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area to $47,270 in Lafayette-West Lafayette, a gap of $9,190 a year. Of the 7 areas in Indiana with more administrative assistants than Evansville, 5 pay less, the largest of them the Northern Indiana nonmetro area ($39,280), Fort Wayne, IN ($44,820) and the Southern Indiana nonmetro area ($38,080).

Evansville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Evansville is #361 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Muskegon-Norton Shores and Tucson pay just above Evansville and Crestview-Fort Walton Beach and York-Hanover just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Evansville. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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