Administrative Assistant salary in Grand Island, NE

Pay in Grand Island against Nebraska and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Grand Island earns $38,710–$50,900. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $60,830, 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 $12,190 wide, against $14,370 across Nebraska and $19,170 nationally: employers in Grand Island pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $5,740 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,450, or about $8,323 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 Grand Island, and the Nebraska statewide median of $46,760 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Grand Island

At the $44,450 median, a local hire costs about $57,355 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,905 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 Grand Island

Of the 13 roles we track in Grand Island, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($44,580) and sales development representatives ($44,300). Project Coordinator is the highest at $77,730.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #5 of the 13 roles we track in Grand Island (-6.5%), between medical administrative assistants (-2.9%) and bookkeepers (-8.0%). The typical role here is at -12.5%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Grand Island than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 18.5% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Grand Island, 16.9% across Nebraska and 11.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Nebraska

Across the 6 areas of Nebraska with data for this job, the median runs from $43,710 in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area to $47,760 in Omaha, a gap of $4,050 a year. Of the 5 areas in Nebraska with more administrative assistants than Grand Island, 3 pay less: the South Nebraska nonmetro area ($43,900), the Northeast Nebraska nonmetro area ($43,950) and the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area ($43,710).

Grand Island against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Grand Island is #442 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Nebraska, Elmira and Lima pay just above Grand Island and Columbus and Orlando-Kissimmee just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Grand Island. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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