Administrative Assistant salary in Niles, MI

Pay in Niles against Michigan and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $58,660, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Niles earns $36,190–$48,710. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,520 wide, against $14,740 across Michigan and $19,170 nationally: employers in Niles pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $5,570 a year in pay and about $7,187 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,950 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 Niles, and the Michigan statewide median of $46,020 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Niles

At the $43,140 median, a local hire costs about $55,665 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,525 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 Niles

Of the 15 roles we track in Niles, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($43,620) and medical administrative assistants ($41,570). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,590.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #6 of the 15 roles we track in Niles (-9.3%), between virtual receptionists (-8.3%) and medical administrative assistants (-9.5%). The typical role here is at -10.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 12.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Niles, 10.2% across Michigan and 10.9% 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 12 areas in Michigan with more administrative assistants than Niles, 4 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).

Niles against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Niles is #424 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Michigan, Savannah and Elkhart-Goshen pay just above Niles and Sebastian-Vero Beach and Mansfield just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in Niles. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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