Administrative Assistant salary in Sioux Falls, SD-MN

Pay in Sioux Falls against South Dakota and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Sioux Falls earns $35,880–$48,390. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $52,510, only 1.8 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($42,250) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $12,510 wide, between the figure for South Dakota ($11,390) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $5,830 a year in pay and about $7,523 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,680 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 Sioux Falls, and the South Dakota statewide median of $41,700 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Sioux Falls

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 $12,356 to the $42,560 median and brings it to $54,916 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 Sioux Falls

Of the 16 roles we track in Sioux Falls, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($43,850) and virtual receptionists ($38,560). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,190.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in Sioux Falls (-10.5%), between sales development representatives (-10.4%) and payroll specialists (-14.5%). The typical role here is at -7.5%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in Sioux Falls than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 11.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Sioux Falls, 14.1% across South Dakota and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in South Dakota

Across the 4 areas of South Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $41,120 in the West South Dakota nonmetro area to $42,560 in Sioux Falls, a gap of $1,440 a year. No other area in South Dakota has as many administrative assistants, and all 3 others pay less.

Sioux Falls against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Sioux Falls is #155 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside South Dakota, Deltona-Daytona Beach and Flint pay just above Sioux Falls and Missoula and Fayetteville just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Sioux Falls. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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