Administrative Assistant salary in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area against Colorado and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $69,610, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area earns $42,320–$60,300. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $17,980 wide, between the figure for Colorado ($15,330) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $11,040 over the median, the 25th only $6,940 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $14,245 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 Northwest Colorado nonmetro area, and the Colorado statewide median of $48,690 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Colorado 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 $14,301 to the $49,260 median and brings it to $63,561 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 Northwest Colorado nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($52,540) and medical administrative assistants ($47,980). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,970.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #9 of the 16 roles we track in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area (+3.6%), between bookkeepers (+3.7%) and e-commerce order specialists (+2.9%). The typical role here is at +3.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 13.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area, 9.2% across Colorado and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $44,450 in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area to $51,060 in Boulder, a gap of $6,610 a year. Of the 3 areas in Colorado with more administrative assistants than the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Colorado Springs, CO ($47,010) and Fort Collins-Loveland, CO ($47,130).

the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area is #200 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 Colorado, Carson City and Albany-Schenectady pay just above the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area and Baltimore-Columbia and El Centro just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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