Administrative Assistant salary in Jacksonville, NC

Pay in Jacksonville against North Carolina and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $56,310, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Jacksonville earns $35,190–$48,010. The mean ($41,880) is 9% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,820 wide, against $13,770 across North Carolina and $19,170 nationally: employers in Jacksonville 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 $9,420 over the median, the 25th only $3,400 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,155 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 median and the 75th percentile in Jacksonville, and the North Carolina statewide median of $45,790 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Jacksonville

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 $11,204 to the $38,590 median and brings it to $49,794 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 Jacksonville

Of the 16 roles we track in Jacksonville, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($42,910) and medical administrative assistants ($38,580). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,240.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in Jacksonville (-18.8%), between paralegals (-17.9%) and virtual receptionists (-19.5%). The typical role here is at -19.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 8.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Jacksonville, 8.4% across North Carolina and 10.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $38,590 in Jacksonville to $48,500 in Raleigh-Cary, a gap of $9,910 a year. All 15 areas in North Carolina with more administrative assistants than Jacksonville also pay more, among them Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC ($46,800) and Raleigh-Cary, NC ($48,500).

Jacksonville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Jacksonville is #478 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside North Carolina, Cheyenne and Johnstown pay just above Jacksonville and Shreveport-Bossier City and Joplin just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Jacksonville. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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