Administrative Assistant salary in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Pay in Salt Lake City-Murray against Utah and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $65,430, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Salt Lake City-Murray earns $39,700–$57,580. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $17,880 wide, between the figure for Utah ($17,330) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,210 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,670, or about $12,477 once benefits are added. 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 25th percentile and the median in Salt Lake City-Murray, and the Utah statewide median of $47,050 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Salt Lake City-Murray

At the $47,910 median, a local hire costs about $61,819 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,909 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 Salt Lake City-Murray

Of the 17 roles we track in Salt Lake City-Murray, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($49,660) and data entry specialists ($47,560). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,000.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in Salt Lake City-Murray (+0.8%), between bookkeepers (+1.3%) and virtual receptionists (-0.5%). The typical role here is at -1.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 6.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, 7.6% across Utah and 10.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $43,400 in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area to $48,310 in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area, a gap of $4,910 a year. No other area in Utah has as many administrative assistants, and 5 of the other 6 pay less.

Salt Lake City-Murray against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Salt Lake City-Murray is #46 of 520 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Utah, Grand Forks and Appleton pay just above Salt Lake City-Murray and Columbus and Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in Salt Lake City-Murray. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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