Administrative Assistant salary in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ

Pay in Sierra Vista-Douglas against Arizona and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Sierra Vista-Douglas earns $36,780–$47,260. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $59,080, only 1.8 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($43,890) is 9% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $10,480 wide, against $15,350 across Arizona and $19,170 nationally: employers in Sierra Vista-Douglas 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 $7,030 over the median, the 25th only $3,450 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,071 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Sierra Vista-Douglas, and the Arizona statewide median of $47,940 falls there too. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Sierra Vista-Douglas

At the $40,230 median, a local hire costs about $51,910 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,680 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas

Of the 15 roles we track in Sierra Vista-Douglas, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($43,610) and medical administrative assistants ($38,160). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,610.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #7 of the 15 roles we track in Sierra Vista-Douglas (-15.4%), between bookkeepers (-13.9%) and medical administrative assistants (-16.9%). The typical role here is at -16.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 12.5% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Sierra Vista-Douglas, 9.0% across Arizona and 10.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Arizona

Across the 8 areas of Arizona with data for this job, the median runs from $40,230 in Sierra Vista-Douglas to $48,800 in Phoenix-Mesa, a gap of $8,570 a year. All 7 areas in Arizona with more administrative assistants than Sierra Vista-Douglas also pay more, among them Phoenix-Mesa, AZ ($48,800) and Tucson, AZ ($45,030).

Sierra Vista-Douglas against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Sierra Vista-Douglas is #498 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arizona, Montgomery and Lake Charles pay just above Sierra Vista-Douglas and Sumter and Bowling Green just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Sierra Vista-Douglas. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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