Administrative Assistant salary in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area against Maine and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area earns $42,070–$54,620. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $61,420, only 1.6 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,550 wide, against $12,820 across Maine and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $7,400 a year in pay and about $9,548 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $5,150 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 the Northeast Maine nonmetro area, and the Maine statewide median of $49,820 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Maine 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 $13,709 to the $47,220 median and brings it to $60,929 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 Northeast Maine nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($55,910) and bookkeepers ($47,050). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,060.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 14 roles we track in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area (-0.7%), between payroll specialists (+0.2%) and recruiters (-2.6%). The typical role here is at -5.3%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 11.6% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area, 12.5% across Maine and 11.0% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Maine

Across the 5 areas of Maine with data for this job, the median runs from $47,220 in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area to $52,000 in Portland-South Portland, a gap of $4,780 a year. All 3 areas in Maine with more administrative assistants than the Northeast Maine nonmetro area also pay more, among them Portland-South Portland, ME ($52,000) and the Southwest Maine nonmetro area ($47,790).

the Northeast Maine nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Maine nonmetro area is #437 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Maine, Atlantic City-Hammonton and Lincoln pay just above the Northeast Maine nonmetro area and Vineland and Salisbury just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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