Administrative Assistant salary in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area

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

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area earns $42,340–$54,510. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $59,880, 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 $12,170 wide, against $12,280 across Vermont and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Southern Vermont 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 $5,400 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,770, or about $8,735 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 25th percentile and the median in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area, and the Vermont statewide median of $48,920 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Vermont 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 $13,860 to the $47,740 median and brings it to $61,600 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 Southern Vermont nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between HR assistants ($49,680) and medical administrative assistants ($47,100). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,640.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area (+0.4%), between virtual receptionists (+1.1%) and HR assistants (-1.8%). The typical role here is at +1.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 15.5% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area, 14.2% across Vermont and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Vermont

Across the 3 areas of Vermont with data for this job, the median runs from $47,740 in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area to $50,210 in Burlington-South Burlington, a gap of $2,470 a year. All 2 areas in Vermont with more administrative assistants than the Southern Vermont nonmetro area also pay more, among them Burlington-South Burlington, VT ($50,210) and the Northern Vermont nonmetro area ($48,810).

the Southern Vermont nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Vermont nonmetro area is #333 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Vermont, Duluth and Charleston-North Charleston pay just above the Southern Vermont nonmetro area and State College and Helena just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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