Administrative Assistant salary in the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area

Pay in the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area against Hawaii and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $69,180, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area earns $45,140–$61,050. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,910 wide, against $16,490 across Hawaii and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $9,490 a year in pay and about $12,245 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,420 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 25th percentile and the median in the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area, and the Hawaii statewide median of $50,830 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area

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 $14,969 to the $51,560 median and brings it to $66,529 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 the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between office managers ($61,790) and bookkeepers ($49,270). Project Coordinator is the highest at $75,440.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #2 of the 15 roles we track in the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area (+8.5%), between virtual receptionists (+12.8%) and customer support specialists (+7.5%). The typical role here is at -2.8%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 13.4% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area, 13.1% across Hawaii and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Hawaii

Across the 3 areas of Hawaii with data for this job, the median runs from $50,020 in Honolulu to $54,820 in Kahului-Wailuku, a gap of $4,800 a year. The one area in Hawaii with more administrative assistants, Honolulu, HI ($50,020), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area is #313 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Hawaii, Walla Walla and Merced pay just above the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area and Yuba City and Springfield just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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