Administrative Assistant salary in the South Nebraska nonmetro area

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

The middle half of administrative assistants in the South Nebraska nonmetro area earns $37,680–$50,110. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $59,440, only 1.7 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 $12,430 wide, against $14,370 across Nebraska and $19,170 nationally: employers in the South Nebraska 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 $6,210 a year in pay and about $8,013 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,220 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 Nebraska nonmetro area, and the Nebraska statewide median of $46,760 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Nebraska nonmetro area

At the $43,900 median, a local hire costs about $56,645 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,745 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 Nebraska nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Nebraska nonmetro area, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($44,200) and data entry specialists ($41,650). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,700.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in the South Nebraska nonmetro area (-7.7%), between virtual receptionists (-5.7%) and customer support specialists (-10.6%). The typical role here is at -14.8%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the South Nebraska nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 22.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Nebraska nonmetro area, 16.3% across Nebraska and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Nebraska

Across the 6 areas of Nebraska with data for this job, the median runs from $43,710 in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area to $47,760 in Omaha, a gap of $4,050 a year. All 2 areas in Nebraska with more administrative assistants than the South Nebraska nonmetro area also pay more, among them Omaha, NE-IA ($47,760) and Lincoln, NE ($47,230).

the South Nebraska nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Nebraska nonmetro area is #107 of 520 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Nebraska, Lebanon and Decatur pay just above the South Nebraska nonmetro area and Springfield and Logan just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the South Nebraska nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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