Administrative Assistant salary in Fayetteville-Springdale, AR

Pay in Fayetteville-Springdale against Arkansas and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Fayetteville-Springdale earns $35,910–$50,740. The top tenth earns $58,640 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $14,830 wide, between the figure for Arkansas ($14,490) 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 $9,190 over the median, the 25th only $5,640 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,858 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 Fayetteville-Springdale, and the Arkansas statewide median of $37,630 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Fayetteville-Springdale

At the $41,550 median, a local hire costs about $53,613 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,063 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 Fayetteville-Springdale

Of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($45,830) and customer support specialists ($39,510). Marketing Specialist is the highest at $83,000.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale (-12.6%), between customer support specialists (-11.7%) and executive assistants (-14.6%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 6.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fayetteville-Springdale, 8.0% across Arkansas and 10.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $34,250 in the East Arkansas nonmetro area to $41,550 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $7,300 a year. The one area in Arkansas with more administrative assistants, Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR ($38,850), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Fayetteville-Springdale against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fayetteville-Springdale is #211 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Arkansas, Youngstown-Warren and Augusta-Richmond County pay just above Fayetteville-Springdale and Tuscaloosa and Lynchburg just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Fayetteville-Springdale. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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