Administrative Assistant salary in Olympia-Lacey, WA

Pay in Olympia-Lacey against Washington and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Olympia-Lacey earns $50,320–$62,880. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $70,030, only 1.6 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,560 wide, against $15,780 across Washington and $19,170 nationally: employers in Olympia-Lacey pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $8,560 over the median, the 25th only $4,000 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,045 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 10th and 25th percentiles in Olympia-Lacey, and the Washington statewide median of $57,330 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Olympia-Lacey

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 $15,770 to the $54,320 median and brings it to $70,090 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 Olympia-Lacey

Of the 17 roles we track in Olympia-Lacey, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($55,590) and medical administrative assistants ($52,900). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,000.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Olympia-Lacey (+14.3%), between medical administrative assistants (+15.2%) and recruiters (+14.2%). The typical role here is at +12.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 15.6% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Olympia-Lacey, 9.4% across Washington and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $49,550 in Spokane-Spokane Valley to $60,230 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $10,680 a year. Of the 2 areas in Washington with more administrative assistants than Olympia-Lacey, 1 pays less: Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($49,550).

Olympia-Lacey against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Olympia-Lacey is #148 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 Washington, Norwich-New London and Kahului-Wailuku pay just above Olympia-Lacey and Hanford-Corcoran and Oxnard-Thousand Oaks just below. All four are within $500 a year of the median in Olympia-Lacey. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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