Administrative Assistant salary in the North Florida nonmetro area

Pay in the North Florida nonmetro area against Florida and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $60,150, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in the North Florida nonmetro area earns $36,230–$49,920. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,690 wide, against $15,500 across Florida and $19,170 nationally: employers in the North Florida nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,150 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,540, or about $8,439 once benefits are added. 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 the North Florida nonmetro area, and the Florida statewide median of $45,900 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Florida nonmetro area

At the $43,380 median, a local hire costs about $55,974 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,594 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 the North Florida nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the North Florida nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($47,370) and payroll specialists ($40,580). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,170.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #4 of the 15 roles we track in the North Florida nonmetro area (-8.8%), between virtual receptionists (-7.2%) and data entry specialists (-11.2%). The typical role here is at -13.5%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the North Florida nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 16.0% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the North Florida nonmetro area, 9.0% across Florida and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 23 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $38,840 in Homosassa Springs to $47,520 in Naples-Marco Island, a gap of $8,680 a year. Of the 13 areas in Florida with more administrative assistants than the North Florida nonmetro area, 4 pay less, the largest of them Tallahassee, FL ($39,830), Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL ($41,770) and Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL ($42,570).

the North Florida nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Florida nonmetro area is #242 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Great Falls and Gettysburg pay just above the North Florida nonmetro area and Beaumont-Port Arthur and Waco just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in the North Florida nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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