Administrative Assistant salary in Morgantown, WV

Pay in Morgantown against West Virginia and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Morgantown earns $36,110–$47,820. The top tenth earns $57,720 or more, 1.9 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 $11,710 wide, against $13,830 across West Virginia and $19,170 nationally: employers in Morgantown pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $5,700 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,010, or about $7,755 once benefits are added. 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 Morgantown, and the West Virginia statewide median of $40,370 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Morgantown

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 $12,138 to the $41,810 median and brings it to $53,948 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 Morgantown

Of the 16 roles we track in Morgantown, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($42,810) and HR assistants ($40,440). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,900.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 16 roles we track in Morgantown (-12.1%), between executive assistants (-10.1%) and data entry specialists (-12.4%). The typical role here is at -16.4%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Morgantown than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 14.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Morgantown, 15.0% across West Virginia and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $36,790 in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area to $43,550 in Charleston, a gap of $6,760 a year. Of the 4 areas in West Virginia with more administrative assistants than Morgantown, 3 pay less: the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area ($38,320), Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY ($38,280) and the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area ($36,790).

Morgantown against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Morgantown is #369 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside West Virginia, Paducah and Oklahoma City pay just above Morgantown and Tyler and Lakeland-Winter Haven just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in Morgantown. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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