Administrative Assistant salary in Midland, MI

Pay in Midland against Michigan and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $76,630, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Midland earns $41,160–$63,030. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $21,870 wide, wider than in Michigan as a whole ($14,740) and the US ($19,170), so what a administrative assistant earns in Midland depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $14,020 over the median, the 25th only $7,850 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $18,090 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 25th percentile and the median in Midland, and the Michigan statewide median of $46,020 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Midland

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 $14,229 to the $49,010 median and brings it to $63,239 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 Midland

Of the 13 roles we track in Midland, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($57,970) and customer support specialists ($48,250). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,190.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #4 of the 13 roles we track in Midland (+3.1%), between customer support specialists (+7.8%) and executive assistants (+0.6%). The typical role here is at -2.8%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Midland than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 13.4% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Midland, 10.5% across Michigan and 11.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $39,660 in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area to $50,600 in Ann Arbor, a gap of $10,940 a year. Of the 15 areas in Michigan with more administrative assistants than Midland, 14 pay less, the largest of them Detroit-Warren, MI ($47,330), Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI ($45,440) and Lansing-East Lansing, MI ($48,670).

Midland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Midland is #461 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Michigan, Eugene-Springfield and El Centro pay just above Midland and Nashville-Murfreesboro and Lewiston-Auburn just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in Midland. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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