Administrative Assistant salary in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ

Pay in Lake Havasu City-Kingman against Arizona and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Lake Havasu City-Kingman earns $37,420–$49,820. The top tenth earns $62,270 or more, 1.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. The mean ($45,020) 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 $12,400 wide, against $15,350 across Arizona and $19,170 nationally: employers in Lake Havasu City-Kingman 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 $8,680 over the median, the 25th only $3,720 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,200 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 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, and the Arizona statewide median of $47,940 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lake Havasu City-Kingman

At the $41,140 median, a local hire costs about $53,084 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,944 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 Lake Havasu City-Kingman

Of the 15 roles we track in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($44,260) and customer support specialists ($37,610). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,400.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #5 of the 15 roles we track in Lake Havasu City-Kingman (-13.5%), between sales development representatives (-12.2%) and data entry specialists (-13.9%). The typical role here is at -16.5%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Lake Havasu City-Kingman than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 14.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, 9.0% across Arizona and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arizona

Across the 8 areas of Arizona with data for this job, the median runs from $40,230 in Sierra Vista-Douglas to $48,800 in Phoenix-Mesa, a gap of $8,570 a year. All 4 areas in Arizona with more administrative assistants than Lake Havasu City-Kingman also pay more, among them Phoenix-Mesa, AZ ($48,800) and Tucson, AZ ($45,030).

Lake Havasu City-Kingman against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lake Havasu City-Kingman is #381 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Arizona, Goldsboro and Wichita pay just above Lake Havasu City-Kingman and Morristown and Las Cruces just below. All four are within $340 a year of the median in Lake Havasu City-Kingman. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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