Administrative Assistant salary in the Kansas nonmetro area

Pay in the Kansas nonmetro area against Kansas and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Kansas nonmetro area earns $34,570–$46,580. The top tenth earns $53,980 or more, 1.8 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 $12,010 wide, against $13,420 across Kansas and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Kansas nonmetro area 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 $8,290 over the median, the 25th only $3,720 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,697 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Kansas nonmetro area, and the Kansas statewide median of $42,270 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 the Kansas nonmetro area

At the $38,290 median, a local hire costs about $49,406 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,116 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 the Kansas nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Kansas nonmetro area, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($40,490) and medical administrative assistants ($38,150). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,010.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Kansas nonmetro area (-19.5%), between customer support specialists (-17.8%) and marketing specialists (-19.7%). The typical role here is at -13.1%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in the Kansas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 28.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Kansas nonmetro area, 20.2% across Kansas and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kansas

Across the 5 areas of Kansas with data for this job, the median runs from $38,290 in the Kansas nonmetro area to $42,630 in Lawrence, a gap of $4,340 a year. No other area in Kansas has as many administrative assistants, and none of the others pays less.

the Kansas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Kansas nonmetro area is #33 of 520 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Kansas, Macon-Bibb County and Jackson pay just above the Kansas nonmetro area and Huntington-Ashland and Gulfport-Biloxi just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in the Kansas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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