Administrative Assistant salary in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area against West Virginia and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $57,240, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area earns $32,020–$46,600. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $14,580 wide, between the figure for West Virginia ($13,830) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $8,280 a year in pay and about $10,684 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,300 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area, and the West Virginia statewide median of $40,370 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 West Virginia nonmetro area

At the $38,320 median, a local hire costs about $49,445 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,125 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 Northern West Virginia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($39,300) and medical administrative assistants ($36,490). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,940.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area (-19.4%), between virtual receptionists (-19.0%) and medical administrative assistants (-20.6%). The typical role here is at -18.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 16.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area, 15.0% across West Virginia and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $36,790 in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area to $43,550 in Charleston, a gap of $6,760 a year. No other area in West Virginia has as many administrative assistants, and 2 of the other 8 pay less.

the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area is #185 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 West Virginia, Macon-Bibb County and Jackson pay just above the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area and Gulfport-Biloxi and Lafayette just below. All four are within $260 a year of the median in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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