Administrative Assistant salary in Lawrence, KS

Pay in Lawrence against Kansas and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $56,630, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Lawrence earns $36,810–$50,320. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $13,510 wide, between the figure for Kansas ($13,420) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $5,820 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,690, or about $9,923 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 median and the 75th percentile in Lawrence, and the Kansas statewide median of $42,270 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Lawrence

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 $12,376 to the $42,630 median and brings it to $55,006 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 Lawrence

Of the 13 roles we track in Lawrence, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($44,010) and customer support specialists ($37,800). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,420.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #8 of the 13 roles we track in Lawrence (-10.3%), between project coordinators (-8.7%) and executive assistants (-12.4%). The typical role here is at -8.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 22.4% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Lawrence, 20.7% across Kansas and 11.1% 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. All 3 areas in Kansas with more administrative assistants than Lawrence pay less, among them the Kansas nonmetro area ($38,290) and Wichita, KS ($41,480).

Lawrence against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lawrence is #268 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Kansas, Pinehurst-Southern Pines and Corpus Christi pay just above Lawrence and Flint and Deltona-Daytona Beach just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Lawrence. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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