Administrative Assistant salary in Green Bay, WI

Pay in Green Bay against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Green Bay earns $43,920–$55,790. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $60,110, only 1.6 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 $11,870 wide, against $13,670 across Wisconsin and $19,170 nationally: employers in Green Bay pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $8,520 over the median, the 25th only $3,350 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,994 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 Green Bay, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $47,710 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Green Bay

At the $47,270 median, a local hire costs about $60,994 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,724 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 Green Bay

Of the 17 roles we track in Green Bay, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($49,160) and medical administrative assistants ($47,030). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,210.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in Green Bay (-0.6%), between office managers (+2.3%) and HR assistants (-0.9%). The typical role here is at -4.5%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Green Bay than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 9.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Green Bay, 10.0% across Wisconsin and 10.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $44,720 in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $51,410 in Madison, a gap of $6,690 a year. Of the 4 areas in Wisconsin with more administrative assistants than Green Bay, 2 pay less: the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,760) and the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,300).

Green Bay against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Green Bay is #214 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Minot and Detroit-Warren pay just above Green Bay and Lafayette-West Lafayette and Lincoln just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Green Bay. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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