Administrative Assistant salary in Janesville-Beloit, WI

Pay in Janesville-Beloit against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Janesville-Beloit earns $41,010–$54,080. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $58,820, only 1.6 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,070 wide, against $13,670 across Wisconsin and $19,170 nationally: employers in Janesville-Beloit pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $7,080 a year in pay and about $9,135 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $5,990 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 Janesville-Beloit, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $47,710 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Janesville-Beloit

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 $13,645 to the $47,000 median and brings it to $60,645 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 Janesville-Beloit

Of the 17 roles we track in Janesville-Beloit, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($48,990) and customer support specialists ($46,210). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,280.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in Janesville-Beloit (-1.1%), between HR assistants (+0.0%) and bookkeepers (-3.3%). The typical role here is at -7.0%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Janesville-Beloit than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 11.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Janesville-Beloit, 10.0% across Wisconsin and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $44,720 in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $51,410 in Madison, a gap of $6,690 a year. Of the 9 areas in Wisconsin with more administrative assistants than Janesville-Beloit, 3 pay less: the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,760), the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,300) and the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,790).

Janesville-Beloit against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Janesville-Beloit is #390 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Colorado Springs and Jackson pay just above Janesville-Beloit and Albuquerque and Kansas City just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Janesville-Beloit. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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