Administrative Assistant salary in Harrisonburg, VA

Pay in Harrisonburg against Virginia and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Harrisonburg earns $38,100–$49,120. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $60,380, only 1.7 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($45,540) 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 only $11,020 wide, against $18,560 across Virginia and $19,170 nationally: employers in Harrisonburg pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $3,430 over it, while the 25th sits $7,590 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $4,426 more a year with benefits. 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 Harrisonburg, and the Virginia statewide median of $47,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Harrisonburg

At the $45,690 median, a local hire costs about $58,955 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,265 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 Harrisonburg

Of the 16 roles we track in Harrisonburg, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($47,090) and medical administrative assistants ($43,580). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,680.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #5 of the 16 roles we track in Harrisonburg (-3.9%), between payroll specialists (-2.5%) and medical administrative assistants (-5.1%). The typical role here is at -10.6%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Harrisonburg than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 11.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Harrisonburg, 7.4% across Virginia and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $39,200 in the Southside Virginia nonmetro area to $53,100 in Charlottesville, a gap of $13,900 a year. Of the 10 areas in Virginia with more administrative assistants than Harrisonburg, 6 pay less, the largest of them Roanoke, VA ($45,100), the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area ($40,510) and the Southside Virginia nonmetro area ($39,200).

Harrisonburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Harrisonburg is #435 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Virginia, Davenport-Moline and Greensboro-High Point pay just above Harrisonburg and Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Winston-Salem just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Harrisonburg. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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