Administrative Assistant salary in the Northeast Nebraska nonmetro area

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

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Northeast Nebraska nonmetro area earns $38,020–$49,960. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $59,590, only 1.8 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 $11,940 wide, against $14,370 across Nebraska and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Northeast Nebraska 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 $6,010 a year in pay and about $7,755 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $5,930 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 Nebraska nonmetro area, and the Nebraska statewide median of $46,760 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Nebraska 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 $12,760 to the $43,950 median and brings it to $56,710 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 Nebraska nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northeast Nebraska nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($44,360) and customer support specialists ($41,980). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,640.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in the Northeast Nebraska nonmetro area (-7.6%), between customer support specialists (-6.2%) and data entry specialists (-7.8%). The typical role here is at -11.7%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Northeast Nebraska nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 21.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northeast Nebraska nonmetro area, 16.4% across Nebraska and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Nebraska

Across the 6 areas of Nebraska with data for this job, the median runs from $43,710 in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area to $47,760 in Omaha, a gap of $4,050 a year. Of the 3 areas in Nebraska with more administrative assistants than the Northeast Nebraska nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the South Nebraska nonmetro area ($43,900).

the Northeast Nebraska nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Nebraska nonmetro area is #220 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Nebraska, Pocatello and Battle Creek pay just above the Northeast Nebraska nonmetro area and Canton-Massillon and Decatur just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in the Northeast Nebraska nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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