Administrative Assistant salary in the South Florida nonmetro area

Pay in the South Florida nonmetro area against Florida and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the South Florida nonmetro area earns $36,730–$51,360. The top tenth earns $62,910 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $14,630 wide, against $15,500 across Florida and $19,170 nationally: employers in the South Florida nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $6,590 a year in pay and about $8,503 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,040 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 the South Florida nonmetro area, and the Florida statewide median of $45,900 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Florida nonmetro area

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 $12,998 to the $44,770 median and brings it to $57,768 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 the South Florida nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the South Florida nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($49,520) and customer support specialists ($42,090). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,170.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 15 roles we track in the South Florida nonmetro area (-5.8%), between bookkeepers (-2.3%) and customer support specialists (-6.0%). The typical role here is at -11.2%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the South Florida nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 14.6% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the South Florida nonmetro area, 9.0% across Florida and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 23 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $38,840 in Homosassa Springs to $47,520 in Naples-Marco Island, a gap of $8,680 a year. Of the 16 areas in Florida with more administrative assistants than the South Florida nonmetro area, 9 pay less, the largest of them Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($44,370), Tallahassee, FL ($39,830) and Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL ($41,770).

the South Florida nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Florida nonmetro area is #309 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Fort Wayne and York-Hanover pay just above the South Florida nonmetro area and Kankakee and Burlington just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in the South Florida nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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