Administrative Assistant salary in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area

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

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area earns $29,930–$45,780. The top tenth earns $50,880 or more, 2.2 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,850 wide, against $16,080 across Oklahoma and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Northeast Oklahoma 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 $7,810 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,040, or about $10,374 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $39,660 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area

At the $37,740 median, a local hire costs about $48,697 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,957 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 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($38,420) and customer support specialists ($36,990). Accountant is the highest at $83,990.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area (-20.6%), between office managers (-20.0%) and medical administrative assistants (-21.9%). The typical role here is at -19.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 14.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, 11.5% across Oklahoma and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $37,240 in Lawton to $41,850 in Oklahoma City, a gap of $4,610 a year. Of the 4 areas in Oklahoma with more administrative assistants than the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area ($37,680).

the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area is #226 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Oklahoma, Albany and Lafayette pay just above the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area and Slidell-Mandeville and Fort Smith just below. All four are within $320 a year of the median in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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