Administrative Assistant salary in Savannah, GA

Pay in Savannah against Georgia and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $60,630 or more, 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of administrative assistants in Savannah earns $33,340–$53,020. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $19,680 wide, between the figure for Georgia ($19,960) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $9,820 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,860, or about $12,723 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 median and the 75th percentile in Savannah, and the Georgia statewide median of $41,600 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Savannah

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 $12,530 to the $43,160 median and brings it to $55,690 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 Savannah

Of the 17 roles we track in Savannah, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between HR assistants ($43,790) and e-commerce order specialists ($42,750). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,930.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in Savannah (-9.2%), between e-commerce order specialists (-7.4%) and office managers (-9.7%). The typical role here is at -9.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 9.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Savannah, 8.7% across Georgia and 10.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $34,920 in the East Georgia nonmetro area to $45,270 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $10,350 a year. Of the 4 areas in Georgia with more administrative assistants than Savannah, 3 pay less: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($41,600), the South Georgia nonmetro area ($35,940) and the North Georgia nonmetro area ($37,490).

Savannah against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Savannah is #209 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Elkhart-Goshen and Waco pay just above Savannah and Niles and Sebastian-Vero Beach just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Savannah. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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