Administrative Assistant salary in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Pay in Gulfport-Biloxi against Mississippi and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $56,000, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Gulfport-Biloxi earns $31,050–$46,900. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,850 wide, against $16,060 across Mississippi and $19,170 nationally: employers in Gulfport-Biloxi pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $8,800 a year in pay and about $11,355 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,050 in pay. 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Gulfport-Biloxi, and the Mississippi statewide median of $37,340 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Gulfport-Biloxi

At the $38,100 median, a local hire costs about $49,161 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,061 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 Gulfport-Biloxi

Of the 17 roles we track in Gulfport-Biloxi, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($38,730) and customer support specialists ($37,540). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,200.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in Gulfport-Biloxi (-19.9%), between medical administrative assistants (-18.5%) and bookkeepers (-20.0%). The typical role here is at -17.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 13.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Gulfport-Biloxi and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $34,270 in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area to $38,440 in Jackson, a gap of $4,170 a year. Of the 3 areas in Mississippi with more administrative assistants than Gulfport-Biloxi, 2 pay less: the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area ($37,030) and the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area ($35,280).

Gulfport-Biloxi against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Gulfport-Biloxi is #192 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Mississippi, Huntington-Ashland and Macon-Bibb County pay just above Gulfport-Biloxi and Lafayette and Albany just below. All four are within $300 a year of the median in Gulfport-Biloxi. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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