Administrative Assistant salary in the South Georgia nonmetro area

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

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $53,680 or more, 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of administrative assistants in the South Georgia nonmetro area earns $28,880–$43,920. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,040 wide, against $19,960 across Georgia and $19,170 nationally: employers in the South Georgia 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 $7,060 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,980, or about $10,297 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the South Georgia nonmetro area, and the Georgia statewide median of $41,600 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in the South Georgia nonmetro area

At the $35,940 median, a local hire costs about $46,374 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,434 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 Georgia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Georgia nonmetro area, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($36,080) and data entry specialists ($34,920). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,640.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in the South Georgia nonmetro area (-24.4%), between project coordinators (-22.2%) and e-commerce order specialists (-36.3%). The typical role here is at -19.3%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in the South Georgia nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 14.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Georgia nonmetro area, 8.7% across Georgia and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $34,920 in the East Georgia nonmetro area to $45,270 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $10,350 a year. All 2 areas in Georgia with more administrative assistants than the South Georgia nonmetro area also pay more, among them Atlanta-Sandy Springs, GA ($45,270) and Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($41,600).

the South Georgia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Georgia nonmetro area is #150 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Georgia, Eagle Pass and Houma-Bayou Cane pay just above the South Georgia nonmetro area and Jonesboro and Alexandria just below. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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