Administrative Assistant salary in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area

Pay in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area against Utah and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area earns $37,490–$52,030. The top tenth earns $61,060 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 $14,540 wide, against $17,330 across Utah and $19,170 nationally: employers in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $5,910 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,630, or about $11,135 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 the High Desert Utah nonmetro area, and the Utah statewide median of $47,050 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the High Desert Utah 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 $12,600 to the $43,400 median and brings it to $56,000 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 High Desert Utah nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($45,080) and customer support specialists ($40,160). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,550.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 15 roles we track in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area (-8.7%), between payroll specialists (-7.1%) and data entry specialists (-9.0%). The typical role here is at -10.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 16.2% of the jobs in the 14 of these roles with a job count in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area, 7.8% across Utah and 11.0% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $43,400 in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area to $48,310 in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area, a gap of $4,910 a year. All 3 areas in Utah with more administrative assistants than the High Desert Utah nonmetro area also pay more, among them Salt Lake City-Murray, UT ($47,910) and Provo-Orem, UT ($46,120).

the High Desert Utah nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the High Desert Utah nonmetro area is #247 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Utah, Great Falls and Gettysburg pay just above the High Desert Utah nonmetro area and Beaumont-Port Arthur and Waco just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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