Administrative Assistant salary in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area

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

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area earns $45,640–$57,730. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $60,460, only 1.5 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 $12,090 wide, against $12,280 across Vermont and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Northern Vermont 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 $8,920 over the median, the 25th only $3,170 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,510 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 25th percentile and the median in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area, and the Vermont statewide median of $48,920 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Northern Vermont 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 $14,171 to the $48,810 median and brings it to $62,981 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 Vermont nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($49,020) and customer support specialists ($48,320). Marketing Specialist is the highest at $76,920.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area (+2.7%), between virtual receptionists (+3.1%) and medical administrative assistants (+1.8%). The typical role here is at +1.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 15.6% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area, 14.2% across Vermont and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Vermont

Across the 3 areas of Vermont with data for this job, the median runs from $47,740 in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area to $50,210 in Burlington-South Burlington, a gap of $2,470 a year. The one area in Vermont with more administrative assistants, Burlington-South Burlington, VT ($50,210), also pays more.

the Northern Vermont nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern Vermont nonmetro area is #298 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Vermont, Philadelphia-Camden and Lewiston-Auburn pay just above the Northern Vermont nonmetro area and Kenosha and Phoenix-Mesa just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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