Administrative Assistant salary in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area

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

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $50,400, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area earns $32,310–$43,990. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,680 wide, against $16,080 across Oklahoma and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $6,310 a year in pay and about $8,142 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $5,370 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 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $39,660 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 Northwest Oklahoma 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 $10,939 to the $37,680 median and brings it to $48,619 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 Oklahoma nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($39,600) and medical administrative assistants ($37,590). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,590.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #9 of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area (-20.7%), between bookkeepers (-19.9%) and sales development representatives (-21.4%). The typical role here is at -19.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 20.3% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, 11.7% across Oklahoma and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $37,240 in Lawton to $41,850 in Oklahoma City, a gap of $4,610 a year. All 3 areas in Oklahoma with more administrative assistants than the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area also pay more, among them Oklahoma City, OK ($41,850) and Tulsa, OK ($40,700).

the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area is #198 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 Oklahoma, Albany and Lafayette pay just above the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area and Slidell-Mandeville and Fort Smith just below. All four are within $380 a year of the median in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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