Administrative Assistant salary in Greenville-Anderson, SC

Pay in Greenville-Anderson against South Carolina and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $61,250, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Greenville-Anderson earns $37,440–$53,110. The mean ($45,750) 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 $15,670 wide, between the figure for South Carolina ($15,540) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,680 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,990, or about $9,019 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 Greenville-Anderson, and the South Carolina statewide median of $44,880 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Greenville-Anderson

At the $46,120 median, a local hire costs about $59,510 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,390 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 Greenville-Anderson

Of the 17 roles we track in Greenville-Anderson, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($47,700) and e-commerce order specialists ($43,930). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,780.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Greenville-Anderson (-3.0%), between bookkeepers (-2.1%) and e-commerce order specialists (-4.9%). The typical role here is at -8.1%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Greenville-Anderson than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 10.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Greenville-Anderson, 12.1% across South Carolina and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $38,480 in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area to $47,750 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $9,270 a year. The one area in South Carolina with more administrative assistants, Columbia, SC ($45,620), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Greenville-Anderson against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Greenville-Anderson is #61 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 South Carolina, Cleveland and Rockford pay just above Greenville-Anderson and Provo-Orem and Watertown-Fort Drum just below. All four are within $10 a year of the median in Greenville-Anderson. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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