Administrative Assistant salary in Fairbanks-College, AK

Pay in Fairbanks-College against Alaska and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Fairbanks-College earns $41,600–$59,930. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $62,380, only 1.8 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 $18,330 wide, between the figure for Alaska ($17,150) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $12,070 over the median, the 25th only $6,260 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $15,574 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 Fairbanks-College, and the Alaska statewide median of $48,530 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Fairbanks-College

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 $13,895 to the $47,860 median and brings it to $61,755 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 Fairbanks-College

Of the 14 roles we track in Fairbanks-College, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($50,340) and virtual receptionists ($47,260). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,530.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #9 of the 14 roles we track in Fairbanks-College (+0.7%), between project coordinators (+1.2%) and customer support specialists (+0.5%). The typical role here is at +1.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 19.3% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Fairbanks-College, 17.2% across Alaska and 11.0% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Alaska

Across the 3 areas of Alaska with data for this job, the median runs from $47,860 in Fairbanks-College to $49,190 in the Alaska nonmetro area, a gap of $1,330 a year. All 2 areas in Alaska with more administrative assistants than Fairbanks-College also pay more, among them Anchorage, AK ($48,150) and the Alaska nonmetro area ($49,190).

Fairbanks-College against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fairbanks-College is #411 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Alaska, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie and Columbus pay just above Fairbanks-College and Cincinnati and Durham-Chapel Hill just below. All four are within $20 a year of the median in Fairbanks-College. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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