Administrative Assistant salary in the Lower West Mississippi nonmetro area

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

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $53,680 or more, 2.2 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 West Mississippi nonmetro area earns $28,670–$43,040. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $14,370 wide, against $16,060 across Mississippi and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Lower West 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 $8,320 a year in pay and about $10,735 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,050 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 West 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 West Mississippi nonmetro area

At the $34,720 median, a local hire costs about $44,800 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,080 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 West Mississippi nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Lower West Mississippi nonmetro area, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($34,740) and virtual receptionists ($28,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $99,510.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #11 of the 15 roles we track in the Lower West Mississippi nonmetro area (-27.0%), between virtual receptionists (-24.3%) and sales development representatives (-30.9%). The typical role here is at -23.1%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in the Lower West Mississippi nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 15.5% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Lower West Mississippi nonmetro area and 10.9% 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. Of the 5 areas in Mississippi with more administrative assistants than the Lower West Mississippi nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area ($34,270).

the Lower West Mississippi nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Lower West Mississippi nonmetro area is #336 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 West 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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