Administrative Assistant salary in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $62,810, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area earns $37,050–$51,400. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $14,350 wide, against $15,540 across Ohio and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Southern Ohio 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 $7,080 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,270, or about $9,381 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 Southern Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $46,230 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area

At the $44,130 median, a local hire costs about $56,942 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,812 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 Southern Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($44,530) and customer support specialists ($39,050). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,910.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area (-7.2%), between HR assistants (-6.0%) and data entry specialists (-8.2%). The typical role here is at -12.8%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 17.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area, 10.7% across Ohio and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $41,580 in Youngstown-Warren to $47,870 in Columbus, a gap of $6,290 a year. Of the 8 areas in Ohio with more administrative assistants than the Southern Ohio nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area ($42,580).

the Southern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Ohio nonmetro area is #158 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Ohio, Wildwood-The Villages and Traverse City pay just above the Southern Ohio nonmetro area and Blacksburg-Christiansburg and Michigan City-La Porte just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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