Administrative Assistant salary in Greensboro-High Point, NC

Pay in Greensboro-High Point against North Carolina and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $60,530, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Greensboro-High Point earns $37,970–$51,990. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $14,020 wide, between the figure for North Carolina ($13,770) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,780 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,240, or about $8,052 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 Greensboro-High Point, and the North Carolina statewide median of $45,790 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Greensboro-High Point

At the $45,750 median, a local hire costs about $59,032 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,282 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 Greensboro-High Point

Of the 17 roles we track in Greensboro-High Point, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($46,990) and medical administrative assistants ($44,500). Project Coordinator is the highest at $99,690.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in Greensboro-High Point (-3.8%), between medical administrative assistants (-3.1%) and accountants (-4.2%). The typical role here is at -6.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 8.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Greensboro-High Point, 8.3% across North Carolina and 10.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $38,590 in Jacksonville to $48,500 in Raleigh-Cary, a gap of $9,910 a year. All 2 areas in North Carolina with more administrative assistants than Greensboro-High Point also pay more, among them Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC ($46,800) and Raleigh-Cary, NC ($48,500).

Greensboro-High Point against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Greensboro-High Point is #87 of 520 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside North Carolina, Jacksonville and Farmington pay just above Greensboro-High Point and Davenport-Moline and Harrisonburg just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Greensboro-High Point. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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