Administrative Assistant salary in Macon-Bibb County, GA

Pay in Macon-Bibb County against Georgia and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Macon-Bibb County earns $31,540–$49,660. The top tenth earns $54,080 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $18,120 wide, against $19,960 across Georgia and $19,170 nationally: employers in Macon-Bibb County pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $11,260 over the median, the 25th only $6,860 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $14,529 a year in employer cost. 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 Macon-Bibb County, and the Georgia statewide median of $41,600 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Macon-Bibb County

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 $11,148 to the $38,400 median and brings it to $49,548 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 Macon-Bibb County

Of the 16 roles we track in Macon-Bibb County, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($38,560) and customer support specialists ($38,340). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,420.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #10 of the 16 roles we track in Macon-Bibb County (-19.2%), between HR assistants (-17.7%) and sales development representatives (-19.8%). The typical role here is at -16.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 11.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Macon-Bibb County, 8.7% across Georgia and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $34,920 in the East Georgia nonmetro area to $45,270 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $10,350 a year. Of the 7 areas in Georgia with more administrative assistants than Macon-Bibb County, 4 pay less, the largest of them the South Georgia nonmetro area ($35,940), the North Georgia nonmetro area ($37,490) and the Middle Georgia nonmetro area ($37,180).

Macon-Bibb County against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Macon-Bibb County is #330 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 Georgia, Jackson and Joplin pay just above Macon-Bibb County and Huntington-Ashland and Gulfport-Biloxi just below. All four are within $300 a year of the median in Macon-Bibb County. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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