Administrative Assistant salary in Sandusky, OH

Pay in Sandusky against Ohio and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Sandusky earns $37,380–$50,630. The top tenth earns $61,050 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,250 wide, against $15,540 across Ohio and $19,170 nationally: employers in Sandusky pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $6,030 a year in pay and about $7,781 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,220 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 Sandusky, and the Ohio statewide median of $46,230 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Sandusky

At the $44,600 median, a local hire costs about $57,548 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,948 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 Sandusky

Of the 15 roles we track in Sandusky, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($46,090) and medical administrative assistants ($43,500). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,440.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 15 roles we track in Sandusky (-6.2%), between medical administrative assistants (-5.3%) and project coordinators (-7.7%). The typical role here is at -11.1%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Sandusky than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 15.3% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Sandusky, 10.8% across Ohio and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $41,580 in Youngstown-Warren to $47,870 in Columbus, a gap of $6,290 a year. Of the 12 areas in Ohio with more administrative assistants than Sandusky, 6 pay less, the largest of them the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area ($42,580), the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area ($44,350) and the Southern Ohio nonmetro area ($44,130).

Sandusky against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Sandusky is #453 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Ohio, St. George and Prescott Valley-Prescott pay just above Sandusky and Birmingham and Saginaw just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in Sandusky. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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