Administrative Assistant salary in Jackson, MI

Pay in Jackson against Michigan and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $64,430, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Jackson earns $39,270–$53,560. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $14,290 wide, against $14,740 across Michigan and $19,170 nationally: employers in Jackson pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $6,540 a year in pay and about $8,439 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,750 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 median and the 75th percentile in Jackson, and the Michigan statewide median of $46,020 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Jackson

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 $13,651 to the $47,020 median and brings it to $60,671 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 Jackson

Of the 15 roles we track in Jackson, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($48,690) and data entry specialists ($45,970). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,280.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #2 of the 15 roles we track in Jackson (-1.1%), between data entry specialists (+11.2%) and project coordinators (-2.0%). The typical role here is at -5.7%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Jackson than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 11.3% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Jackson, 10.2% across Michigan and 10.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $39,660 in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area to $50,600 in Ann Arbor, a gap of $10,940 a year. Of the 13 areas in Michigan with more administrative assistants than Jackson, 10 pay less, the largest of them Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI ($45,440), the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($40,180) and Flint, MI ($42,600).

Jackson against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Jackson is #449 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Michigan, Fargo and Allentown-Bethlehem pay just above Jackson and Racine-Mount Pleasant and Colorado Springs just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Jackson. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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