Administrative Assistant salary in Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN

Pay in Nashville-Murfreesboro against Tennessee and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $65,910, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Nashville-Murfreesboro earns $40,110–$58,710. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $18,600 wide, between the figure for Tennessee ($16,960) 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 $9,710 a year in pay and about $12,529 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,890 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 25th percentile and the median in Nashville-Murfreesboro, and the Tennessee statewide median of $45,810 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Nashville-Murfreesboro

At the $49,000 median, a local hire costs about $63,226 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,226 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 Nashville-Murfreesboro

Of the 17 roles we track in Nashville-Murfreesboro, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($50,810) and HR assistants ($45,630). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,990.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Nashville-Murfreesboro (+3.1%), between office managers (+5.1%) and customer support specialists (+1.7%). The typical role here is at -3.3%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Nashville-Murfreesboro than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 9.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Nashville-Murfreesboro, 9.5% across Tennessee and 10.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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. No other area in Tennessee has as many administrative assistants, and all 13 others pay less.

Nashville-Murfreesboro against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Nashville-Murfreesboro is #26 of 520 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Tennessee, Midland and Eugene-Springfield pay just above Nashville-Murfreesboro and Lewiston-Auburn and Philadelphia-Camden just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Nashville-Murfreesboro. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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