Administrative Assistant salary in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against Pennsylvania and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $59,490, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area earns $36,240–$49,780. The mean ($44,290) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,540 wide, against $15,110 across Pennsylvania and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $5,400 over it, while the 25th sits $8,140 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $6,968 more a year with benefits. 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 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $46,270 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

At the $44,380 median, a local hire costs about $57,265 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,885 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 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between HR assistants ($47,740) and bookkeepers ($43,180). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,830.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area (-6.6%), between HR assistants (-5.7%) and virtual receptionists (-7.4%). The typical role here is at -14.3%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 19.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 11.4% across Pennsylvania and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $38,660 in Johnstown to $48,850 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $10,190 a year. Of the 7 areas in Pennsylvania with more administrative assistants than the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA ($44,260) and the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($43,460).

the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area is #164 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Columbus and Grand Island pay just above the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area and Orlando-Kissimmee and Greenville just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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