Administrative Assistant salary in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $35,520–$51,990. The top tenth earns $62,430 or more, 2.2 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 $16,470 wide, against $17,510 across Texas and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Northwestern Region of Texas 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 $8,680 a year in pay and about $11,200 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,790 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $45,140 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area

At the $43,310 median, a local hire costs about $55,884 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,574 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 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($47,080) and customer support specialists ($37,380). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,960.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area (-8.9%), between project coordinators (-7.2%) and data entry specialists (-11.5%). The typical role here is at -15.4%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 20.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 9.6% across Texas and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $36,310 in Eagle Pass to $48,470 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $12,160 a year. Of the 8 areas in Texas with more administrative assistants than the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 4 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($39,280), the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($40,050) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($39,010).

the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area is #101 of 520 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Texas, Great Falls and Gettysburg pay just above the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area and Elkhart-Goshen and Savannah just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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