Administrative Assistant salary in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

Pay in Fort Collins-Loveland against Colorado and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Fort Collins-Loveland earns $41,820–$52,920. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $61,380, 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 $11,100 wide, against $15,330 across Colorado and $19,170 nationally: employers in Fort Collins-Loveland pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $5,310 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $5,790, or about $7,471 once benefits are added. 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 Fort Collins-Loveland, and the Colorado statewide median of $48,690 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Fort Collins-Loveland

At the $47,130 median, a local hire costs about $60,813 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,683 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 Fort Collins-Loveland

Of the 17 roles we track in Fort Collins-Loveland, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($50,420) and medical administrative assistants ($45,190). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,310.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in Fort Collins-Loveland (-0.9%), between HR assistants (+0.4%) and project coordinators (-1.0%). The typical role here is at +5.2%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in Fort Collins-Loveland than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 10.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fort Collins-Loveland, 9.1% across Colorado and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $44,450 in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area to $51,060 in Boulder, a gap of $6,610 a year. Of the 2 areas in Colorado with more administrative assistants than Fort Collins-Loveland, 1 pays less: Colorado Springs, CO ($47,010).

Fort Collins-Loveland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fort Collins-Loveland is #176 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Colorado, Salisbury and Vineland pay just above Fort Collins-Loveland and La Crosse-Onalaska and Louisville just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Fort Collins-Loveland. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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