Administrative Assistant salary in Manhattan, KS

Pay in Manhattan against Kansas and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $53,700, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Manhattan earns $32,410–$46,750. The mean ($40,390) 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 $14,340 wide, between the figure for Kansas ($13,420) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $6,290 a year in pay and about $8,116 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,050 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 Manhattan, and the Kansas statewide median of $42,270 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 Manhattan

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 $11,746 to the $40,460 median and brings it to $52,206 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 Manhattan

Of the 15 roles we track in Manhattan, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($45,570) and customer support specialists ($38,620). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,390.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #10 of the 15 roles we track in Manhattan (-14.9%), between customer support specialists (-13.7%) and virtual receptionists (-15.5%). The typical role here is at -11.5%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in Manhattan than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 21.9% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Manhattan, 20.4% across Kansas and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kansas

Across the 5 areas of Kansas with data for this job, the median runs from $38,290 in the Kansas nonmetro area to $42,630 in Lawrence, a gap of $4,340 a year. Of the 3 areas in Kansas with more administrative assistants than Manhattan, 2 pay less: the Kansas nonmetro area ($38,290) and Topeka, KS ($39,500).

Manhattan against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Manhattan is #269 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 Kansas, Auburn-Opelika and Myrtle Beach-Conway pay just above Manhattan and Gainesville and Ocala just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Manhattan. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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