Administrative Assistant salary in Fort Wayne, IN

Pay in Fort Wayne against Indiana and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $59,170, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Fort Wayne earns $36,650–$49,910. The mean ($44,040) 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 $13,260 wide, between the figure for Indiana ($13,190) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $5,090 over it, while the 25th sits $8,170 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $6,568 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 Fort Wayne, and the Indiana statewide median of $44,270 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Fort Wayne

At the $44,820 median, a local hire costs about $57,832 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,012 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 Wayne

Of the 17 roles we track in Fort Wayne, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($45,030) and e-commerce order specialists ($43,950). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,590.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in Fort Wayne (-5.7%), between e-commerce order specialists (-4.8%) and bookkeepers (-5.7%). The typical role here is at -7.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 7.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fort Wayne, 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 2 areas in Indiana with more administrative assistants than Fort Wayne, 1 pays less: the Northern Indiana nonmetro area ($39,280).

Fort Wayne against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fort Wayne is #248 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, York-Hanover and Crestview-Fort Walton Beach pay just above Fort Wayne and Kankakee and Burlington just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Fort Wayne. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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