Administrative Assistant salary in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI

Pay in Muskegon-Norton Shores against Michigan and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $60,940, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Muskegon-Norton Shores earns $38,670–$51,900. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,230 wide, against $14,740 across Michigan and $19,170 nationally: employers in Muskegon-Norton Shores pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $6,880 a year in pay and about $8,877 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,350 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 Muskegon-Norton Shores, and the Michigan statewide median of $46,020 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Muskegon-Norton Shores

At the $45,020 median, a local hire costs about $58,090 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,070 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 Muskegon-Norton Shores

Of the 16 roles we track in Muskegon-Norton Shores, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between paralegals ($47,940) and e-commerce order specialists ($43,460). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,360.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 16 roles we track in Muskegon-Norton Shores (-5.3%), between virtual receptionists (-4.1%) and bookkeepers (-5.4%). The typical role here is at -9.7%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Muskegon-Norton Shores than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 13.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Muskegon-Norton Shores, 10.1% across Michigan and 10.8% 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 14 areas in Michigan with more administrative assistants than Muskegon-Norton Shores, 9 pay less, the largest of them the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($40,180), Flint, MI ($42,600) and the Southern Michigan nonmetro area ($43,130).

Muskegon-Norton Shores against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Muskegon-Norton Shores is #452 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Michigan, Tucson and Odessa pay just above Muskegon-Norton Shores and Evansville and Crestview-Fort Walton Beach just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Muskegon-Norton Shores. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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