Administrative Assistant salary in Jonesboro, AR

Pay in Jonesboro against Arkansas and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Jonesboro earns $30,370–$42,620. The top tenth earns $59,600 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. The mean ($38,870) is 8% 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 $12,250 wide, against $14,490 across Arkansas and $19,170 nationally: employers in Jonesboro pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $5,530 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,720, or about $8,671 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Jonesboro, and the Arkansas statewide median of $37,630 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Jonesboro

At the $35,900 median, a local hire costs about $46,323 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,423 here. 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 Jonesboro

Of the 15 roles we track in Jonesboro, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($36,730) and virtual receptionists ($32,540). Project Coordinator is the highest at $66,430.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #9 of the 15 roles we track in Jonesboro (-24.5%), between executive assistants (-24.3%) and office managers (-25.5%). The typical role here is at -24.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 9.2% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Jonesboro, 8.1% across Arkansas and 10.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $34,250 in the East Arkansas nonmetro area to $41,550 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $7,300 a year. Of the 7 areas in Arkansas with more administrative assistants than Jonesboro, 2 pay less: the South Arkansas nonmetro area ($35,520) and the East Arkansas nonmetro area ($34,250).

Jonesboro against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Jonesboro is #493 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arkansas, Athens-Clarke County and Valdosta pay just above Jonesboro and Alexandria and Hammond just below. All four are within $350 a year of the median in Jonesboro. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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