Administrative Assistant salary in Sheboygan, WI

Pay in Sheboygan against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Sheboygan earns $42,260–$54,080. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $60,470, 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 $11,820 wide, against $13,670 across Wisconsin and $19,170 nationally: employers in Sheboygan pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $5,300 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,520, or about $8,413 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 Sheboygan, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $47,710 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Sheboygan

At the $47,560 median, a local hire costs about $61,368 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,808 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 Sheboygan

Of the 14 roles we track in Sheboygan, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($47,720) and medical administrative assistants ($47,200). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,490.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #6 of the 14 roles we track in Sheboygan (+0.0%), between office managers (+0.7%) and bookkeepers (-1.0%). The typical role here is at -2.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 10.6% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Sheboygan, 10.2% across Wisconsin and 11.0% 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 14 areas in Wisconsin with more administrative assistants than Sheboygan, 10 pay less, the largest of them the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,760), the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($45,300) and Green Bay, WI ($47,270).

Sheboygan against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Sheboygan is #470 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Wisconsin, Binghamton and Bismarck pay just above Sheboygan and Springfield and Naples-Marco Island just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in Sheboygan. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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