Administrative Assistant salary in Hattiesburg, MS

Pay in Hattiesburg against Mississippi and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Hattiesburg earns $30,690–$44,410. The top tenth earns $54,250 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,720 wide, against $16,060 across Mississippi and $19,170 nationally: employers in Hattiesburg pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $8,790 over the median, the 25th only $4,930 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,342 a year in employer cost. 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 Hattiesburg, and the Mississippi statewide median of $37,340 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Hattiesburg

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 $10,341 to the $35,620 median and brings it to $45,961 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 Hattiesburg

Of the 15 roles we track in Hattiesburg, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($36,700) and medical administrative assistants ($34,690). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,710.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #11 of the 15 roles we track in Hattiesburg (-25.1%), between medical administrative assistants (-24.5%) and recruiters (-27.6%). The typical role here is at -21.5%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in Hattiesburg than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 15.2% of the jobs in the 14 of these roles with a job count in Hattiesburg, 15.2% across Mississippi and 11.6% 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 6 areas in Mississippi with more administrative assistants than Hattiesburg, 3 pay less: the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area ($35,280), the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area ($34,270) and the Lower West Mississippi nonmetro area ($34,720).

Hattiesburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Hattiesburg is #366 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. No metro area outside Mississippi pays administrative assistants less than Hattiesburg; the table shows the next lowest outside Mississippi. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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