Administrative Assistant salary in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC

Pay in Pinehurst-Southern Pines against North Carolina and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $55,580, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Pinehurst-Southern Pines earns $35,050–$49,210. The mean ($42,560) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $14,160 wide, between the figure for North Carolina ($13,770) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $6,550 a year in pay and about $8,452 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,610 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, and the North Carolina statewide median of $45,790 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Pinehurst-Southern Pines

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 $12,385 to the $42,660 median and brings it to $55,045 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines

Of the 14 roles we track in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($46,140) and medical administrative assistants ($37,920). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,280.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #5 of the 14 roles we track in Pinehurst-Southern Pines (-10.3%), between accountants (-9.5%) and virtual receptionists (-14.9%). The typical role here is at -17.6%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Pinehurst-Southern Pines than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 8.5% of the jobs in the 13 of these roles with a job count in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, 8.7% across North Carolina and 11.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $38,590 in Jacksonville to $48,500 in Raleigh-Cary, a gap of $9,910 a year. Of the 16 areas in North Carolina with more administrative assistants than Pinehurst-Southern Pines, 6 pay less, the largest of them the Western North Carolina nonmetro area ($41,410), the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area ($41,250) and the Central North Carolina nonmetro area ($41,260).

Pinehurst-Southern Pines against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Pinehurst-Southern Pines is #497 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside North Carolina, Corpus Christi and Killeen-Temple pay just above Pinehurst-Southern Pines and Lawrence and Flint just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Pinehurst-Southern Pines. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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