Administrative Assistant salary in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area

Pay in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area against Mississippi and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $52,590 or more, 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of administrative assistants in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area earns $27,440–$42,570. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,130 wide, against $16,060 across Mississippi and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $7,290 a year in pay and about $9,406 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,840 in pay. 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area, and the Mississippi statewide median of $37,340 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area

At the $35,280 median, a local hire costs about $45,523 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,243 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 the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($36,010) and medical administrative assistants ($34,950). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,960.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area (-25.8%), between accountants (-25.5%) and sales development representatives (-28.6%). The typical role here is at -23.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 18.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $34,270 in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area to $38,440 in Jackson, a gap of $4,170 a year. All 2 areas in Mississippi with more administrative assistants than the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area also pay more, among them Jackson, MS ($38,440) and the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area ($37,030).

the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area is #189 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. No metro area outside Mississippi pays administrative assistants less than the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area; the table shows the next lowest outside Mississippi. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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