Administrative Assistant salary in Muncie, IN

Pay in Muncie against Indiana and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Muncie earns $36,860–$46,570. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $54,920, only 1.7 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($42,130) is 9% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,710 wide, against $13,190 across Indiana and $19,170 nationally: employers in Muncie pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $7,790 over the median, the 25th only $1,920 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,052 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Muncie, and the Indiana statewide median of $44,270 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 Muncie

At the $38,780 median, a local hire costs about $50,039 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,259 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 Muncie

Of the 15 roles we track in Muncie, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($39,640) and virtual receptionists ($35,040). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,080.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #9 of the 15 roles we track in Muncie (-18.4%), between data entry specialists (-18.2%) and paralegals (-19.2%). The typical role here is at -18.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 9.1% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Muncie, 7.6% across Indiana and 10.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $38,080 in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area to $47,270 in Lafayette-West Lafayette, a gap of $9,190 a year. Of the 10 areas in Indiana with more administrative assistants than Muncie, 2 pay less: the Southern Indiana nonmetro area ($38,080) and the Central Indiana nonmetro area ($38,150).

Muncie against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Muncie is #500 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Indiana, Brownsville-Harlingen and Homosassa Springs pay just above Muncie and Amarillo and Johnstown just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Muncie. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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