Administrative Assistant salary in Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI

Pay in Racine-Mount Pleasant against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Racine-Mount Pleasant earns $42,880–$53,370. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $61,430, 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 $10,490 wide, against $13,670 across Wisconsin and $19,170 nationally: employers in Racine-Mount Pleasant 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 $6,350 over the median, the 25th only $4,140 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,194 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 Racine-Mount Pleasant, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $47,710 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Racine-Mount Pleasant

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 $13,651 to the $47,020 median and brings it to $60,671 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 Racine-Mount Pleasant

Of the 16 roles we track in Racine-Mount Pleasant, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($47,750) and HR assistants ($46,890). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,460.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #7 of the 16 roles we track in Racine-Mount Pleasant (-1.1%), between payroll specialists (-0.1%) and bookkeepers (-3.3%). The typical role here is at -4.5%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Racine-Mount Pleasant than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 10.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Racine-Mount Pleasant, 10.0% across Wisconsin and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

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 11 areas in Wisconsin with more administrative assistants than Racine-Mount Pleasant, 5 pay less, the largest of them the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,760), the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,300) and the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,790).

Racine-Mount Pleasant against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Racine-Mount Pleasant is #399 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Wisconsin, Jackson and Fargo pay just above Racine-Mount Pleasant and Colorado Springs and Albuquerque just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Racine-Mount Pleasant. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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