Administrative Assistant salary in Greenville, NC

Pay in Greenville against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Greenville earns $36,780–$50,610. The top tenth earns $60,500 or more, 1.9 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $13,830 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 $7,570 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,260, or about $8,077 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, and the North Carolina statewide median of $45,790 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Greenville

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 $12,876 to the $44,350 median and brings it to $57,226 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 Greenville

Of the 16 roles we track in Greenville, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between paralegals ($47,530) and data entry specialists ($40,290). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,540.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #4 of the 16 roles we track in Greenville (-6.7%), between bookkeepers (-5.9%) and marketing specialists (-6.9%). The typical role here is at -10.8%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Greenville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 7.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Greenville, 8.4% 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. Of the 13 areas in North Carolina with more administrative assistants than Greenville, 6 pay less, the largest of them the Western North Carolina nonmetro area ($41,410), the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area ($41,250) and the Central North Carolina nonmetro area ($41,260).

Greenville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Greenville is #443 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside North Carolina, Orlando-Kissimmee and Columbus pay just above Greenville and Port St. Lucie and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Greenville. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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