Administrative Assistant salary in Minot, ND

Pay in Minot against North Dakota and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $60,850, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Minot earns $38,800–$55,490. The mean ($46,680) 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 $16,690 wide, between the figure for North Dakota ($13,610) 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 $8,170 a year in pay and about $10,542 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,520 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 median and the 75th percentile in Minot, and the North Dakota statewide median of $47,480 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Minot

At the $47,320 median, a local hire costs about $61,058 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,738 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 Minot

Of the 12 roles we track in Minot, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($48,880) and customer support specialists ($44,560). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,990.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #4 of the 12 roles we track in Minot (-0.5%), between recruiters (+3.0%) and customer support specialists (-0.5%). The typical role here is at -3.5%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Minot than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 18.6% of the jobs in these 12 roles in Minot, 17.7% across North Dakota and 11.4% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Dakota

Across the 6 areas of North Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $46,110 in the East North Dakota nonmetro area to $50,020 in the West North Dakota nonmetro area, a gap of $3,910 a year. Of the 5 areas in North Dakota with more administrative assistants than Minot, 2 pay less: Fargo, ND-MN ($47,060) and the East North Dakota nonmetro area ($46,110).

Minot against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Minot is #479 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside North Dakota, Detroit-Warren and Grants Pass pay just above Minot and Green Bay and Lafayette-West Lafayette just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Minot. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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