Administrative Assistant salary in Morristown, TN

Pay in Morristown against Tennessee and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $56,230, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Morristown earns $34,260–$50,010. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,750 wide, against $16,960 across Tennessee and $19,170 nationally: employers in Morristown pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $8,970 a year in pay and about $11,574 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,780 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 Morristown, and the Tennessee statewide median of $45,810 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Morristown

At the $41,040 median, a local hire costs about $52,955 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,915 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 Morristown

Of the 17 roles we track in Morristown, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($44,040) and e-commerce order specialists ($39,080). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,720.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in Morristown (-13.7%), between bookkeepers (-13.1%) and office managers (-14.0%). The typical role here is at -17.2%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Morristown than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 11.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Morristown, 9.5% across Tennessee and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $38,230 in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area to $49,000 in Nashville-Murfreesboro, a gap of $10,770 a year. Of the 12 areas in Tennessee with more administrative assistants than Morristown, 7 pay less, the largest of them the West Tennessee nonmetro area ($39,740), the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area ($39,270) and the East Tennessee nonmetro area ($39,440).

Morristown against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Morristown is #480 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Tennessee, Lake Havasu City-Kingman and Goldsboro pay just above Morristown and Las Cruces and Jefferson City just below. All four are within $370 a year of the median in Morristown. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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