Administrative Assistant salary in Gainesville, GA

Pay in Gainesville against Georgia and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $61,590 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of administrative assistants in Gainesville earns $30,150–$48,720. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $18,570 wide, against $19,960 across Georgia and $19,170 nationally: employers in Gainesville pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $9,170 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,400, or about $12,129 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 Gainesville, and the Georgia statewide median of $41,600 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Gainesville

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 $11,415 to the $39,320 median and brings it to $50,735 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 Gainesville

Of the 17 roles we track in Gainesville, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($41,420) and customer support specialists ($39,310). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,970.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Gainesville (-17.3%), between recruiters (-16.6%) and project coordinators (-17.9%). The typical role here is at -10.2%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in Gainesville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 9.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Gainesville, 8.7% across Georgia and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $34,920 in the East Georgia nonmetro area to $45,270 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $10,350 a year. Of the 10 areas in Georgia with more administrative assistants than Gainesville, 7 pay less, the largest of them the South Georgia nonmetro area ($35,940), the North Georgia nonmetro area ($37,490) and the Middle Georgia nonmetro area ($37,180).

Gainesville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Gainesville is #359 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Georgia, Beckley and Owensboro pay just above Gainesville and El Paso and Twin Falls just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Gainesville. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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