Administrative Assistant salary in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area

Pay in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area earns $40,770–$49,490. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $57,660, 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 $8,720 wide, against $13,670 across Wisconsin and $19,170 nationally: employers in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $4,990 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $3,730, or about $4,813 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 the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $47,710 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area

At the $45,760 median, a local hire costs about $59,045 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,285 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 the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($46,250) and customer support specialists ($44,830). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,460.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area (-3.7%), between bookkeepers (-3.3%) and HR assistants (-5.1%). The typical role here is at -7.6%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 12.9% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area, 10.0% across Wisconsin and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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. All 2 areas in Wisconsin with more administrative assistants than the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area also pay more, among them Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ($48,480) and Madison, WI ($51,410).

the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area is #163 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Jacksonville and Farmington pay just above the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area and Greensboro-High Point and Davenport-Moline just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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