Administrative Assistant salary in Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR

Pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock against Arkansas and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $57,400, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Little Rock-North Little Rock earns $32,390–$47,900. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $15,510 wide, between the figure for Arkansas ($14,490) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $6,460 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,050, or about $11,677 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock, and the Arkansas statewide median of $37,630 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Little Rock-North Little Rock

At the $38,850 median, a local hire costs about $50,129 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,279 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock

Of the 17 roles we track in Little Rock-North Little Rock, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($39,630) and customer support specialists ($38,160). Project Coordinator is the highest at $73,480.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in Little Rock-North Little Rock (-18.3%), between data entry specialists (-18.1%) and marketing specialists (-20.3%). The typical role here is at -18.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 6.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Little Rock-North Little Rock, 8.0% across Arkansas and 10.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $34,250 in the East Arkansas nonmetro area to $41,550 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $7,300 a year. No other area in Arkansas has as many administrative assistants, and 7 of the other 8 pay less.

Little Rock-North Little Rock against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Little Rock-North Little Rock is #144 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arkansas, Florence-Muscle Shoals and Gadsden pay just above Little Rock-North Little Rock and Homosassa Springs and Brownsville-Harlingen just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Little Rock-North Little Rock. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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