Administrative Assistant salary in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Pay in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area against California and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $72,330, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area earns $46,430–$61,950. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,520 wide, against $19,010 across California and $19,170 nationally: employers in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area 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 $10,040 over the median, the 25th only $5,480 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,955 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 25th percentile and the median in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, and the California statewide median of $55,400 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $15,071 to the $51,910 median and brings it to $66,981 a year. 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 Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($52,740) and customer support specialists ($50,800). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,540.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area (+9.2%), between customer support specialists (+13.5%) and payroll specialists (+8.5%). The typical role here is at +2.8%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 14.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, 9.5% across California and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $49,150 in El Centro to $62,940 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $13,790 a year. Of the 16 areas in California with more administrative assistants than the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, 4 pay less, the largest of them Fresno, CA ($50,100), Bakersfield-Delano, CA ($50,960) and Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($51,800).

the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area is #290 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside California, Portland-South Portland and Worcester pay just above the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area and Bloomington and Providence-Warwick just below. All four are within $540 a year of the median in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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