Administrative Assistant salary in Lexington-Fayette, KY

Pay in Lexington-Fayette against Kentucky and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $63,120, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Lexington-Fayette earns $39,160–$53,550. The mean ($47,520) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $14,390 wide, against $14,400 across Kentucky and $19,170 nationally: employers in Lexington-Fayette pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,630 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $5,760, or about $7,432 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 Lexington-Fayette, and the Kentucky statewide median of $44,200 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lexington-Fayette

At the $47,790 median, a local hire costs about $61,665 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,875 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 Lexington-Fayette

Of the 17 roles we track in Lexington-Fayette, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($48,000) and medical administrative assistants ($44,450). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,520.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Lexington-Fayette (+0.5%), between paralegals (+1.2%) and HR assistants (+0.2%). The typical role here is at -7.8%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Lexington-Fayette than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 8.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Lexington-Fayette, 9.2% across Kentucky and 10.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $38,280 in the East Kentucky nonmetro area to $47,790 in Lexington-Fayette, a gap of $9,510 a year. All 2 areas in Kentucky with more administrative assistants than Lexington-Fayette pay less, among them Louisville, KY-IN ($47,090) and the Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($44,720).

Lexington-Fayette against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lexington-Fayette is #119 of 520 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Kentucky, Lewiston and Richmond pay just above Lexington-Fayette and Omaha and Charleston-North Charleston just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Lexington-Fayette. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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