Administrative Assistant salary in Oshkosh-Neenah, WI

Pay in Oshkosh-Neenah against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Oshkosh-Neenah earns $42,840–$53,870. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $60,040, 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 $11,030 wide, against $13,670 across Wisconsin and $19,170 nationally: employers in Oshkosh-Neenah 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 $6,780 over the median, the 25th only $4,250 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,748 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 median and the 75th percentile in Oshkosh-Neenah, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $47,710 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Oshkosh-Neenah

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 $13,671 to the $47,090 median and brings it to $60,761 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 Oshkosh-Neenah

Of the 16 roles we track in Oshkosh-Neenah, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($47,560) and data entry specialists ($45,630). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,030.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #5 of the 16 roles we track in Oshkosh-Neenah (-0.9%), between medical administrative assistants (+3.5%) and executive assistants (-1.0%). The typical role here is at -3.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 8.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Oshkosh-Neenah, 10.0% across Wisconsin and 10.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $44,720 in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $51,410 in Madison, a gap of $6,690 a year. Of the 7 areas in Wisconsin with more administrative assistants than Oshkosh-Neenah, 3 pay less: the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,760), the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,300) and the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,790).

Oshkosh-Neenah against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Oshkosh-Neenah is #370 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Louisville and Fort Collins-Loveland pay just above Oshkosh-Neenah and Allentown-Bethlehem and Fargo just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in Oshkosh-Neenah. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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