Administrative Assistant salary in Lewiston-Auburn, ME

Pay in Lewiston-Auburn against Maine and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Lewiston-Auburn earns $43,530–$55,550. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $61,610, 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 $12,020 wide, against $12,820 across Maine and $19,170 nationally: employers in Lewiston-Auburn pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $5,350 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,670, or about $8,606 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 25th percentile and the median in Lewiston-Auburn, and the Maine statewide median of $49,820 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Lewiston-Auburn

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 $14,191 to the $48,880 median and brings it to $63,071 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 Lewiston-Auburn

Of the 16 roles we track in Lewiston-Auburn, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($49,910) and medical administrative assistants ($47,720). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,490.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 16 roles we track in Lewiston-Auburn (+2.8%), between virtual receptionists (+3.6%) and customer support specialists (+2.3%). The typical role here is at -1.6%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Lewiston-Auburn than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 12.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Lewiston-Auburn, 12.3% across Maine and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Maine

Across the 5 areas of Maine with data for this job, the median runs from $47,220 in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area to $52,000 in Portland-South Portland, a gap of $4,780 a year. Of the 4 areas in Maine with more administrative assistants than Lewiston-Auburn, 3 pay less: the Southwest Maine nonmetro area ($47,790), Bangor, ME ($48,170) and the Northeast Maine nonmetro area ($47,220).

Lewiston-Auburn against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lewiston-Auburn is #474 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Maine, Nashville-Murfreesboro and Midland pay just above Lewiston-Auburn and Philadelphia-Camden and Kenosha just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Lewiston-Auburn. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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