Administrative Assistant salary in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area

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

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area earns $37,190–$48,660. The top tenth earns $60,040 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,470 wide, against $18,560 across Virginia and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $6,580 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $4,890, or about $6,310 once benefits are added. 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area, and the Virginia statewide median of $47,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area

At the $43,770 median, a local hire costs about $56,477 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,707 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 Northwest Virginia nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($46,130) and data entry specialists ($38,900). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,120.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #7 of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area (-7.9%), between bookkeepers (-7.8%) and payroll specialists (-12.6%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 15.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area, 7.5% across Virginia and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $39,200 in the Southside Virginia nonmetro area to $53,100 in Charlottesville, a gap of $13,900 a year. Of the 7 areas in Virginia with more administrative assistants than the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area, 3 pay less: the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area ($40,510), the Southside Virginia nonmetro area ($39,200) and Lynchburg, VA ($41,510).

the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area is #377 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Virginia, Logan and Springfield pay just above the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area and Bay City and Panama City-Panama City Beach just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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