Administrative Assistant salary in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area against Indiana and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area earns $34,740–$46,280. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $50,750, only 1.7 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 $11,540 wide, against $13,190 across Indiana and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Northern Indiana 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 $7,000 over the median, the 25th only $4,540 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,032 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area, and the Indiana statewide median of $44,270 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 Northern Indiana 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 $11,404 to the $39,280 median and brings it to $50,684 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 Northern Indiana nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($39,520) and medical administrative assistants ($38,720). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,740.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area (-17.4%), between payroll specialists (-16.4%) and recruiters (-17.7%). The typical role here is at -12.1%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 11.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area, 7.5% across Indiana and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $38,080 in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area to $47,270 in Lafayette-West Lafayette, a gap of $9,190 a year. The one area in Indiana with more administrative assistants, Indianapolis-Carmel, IN ($46,450), also pays more.

the Northern Indiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern Indiana nonmetro area is #218 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 Indiana, El Paso and Gainesville pay just above the Northern Indiana nonmetro area and Twin Falls and Hinesville just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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