Administrative Assistant salary in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area

Pay in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area against West Virginia and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area earns $31,110–$45,660. The top tenth earns $53,130 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $14,550 wide, between the figure for West Virginia ($13,830) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $8,870 over the median, the 25th only $5,680 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,445 a year in employer cost. 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 Southern West Virginia nonmetro area, and the West Virginia statewide median of $40,370 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 Southern West Virginia 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 $10,681 to the $36,790 median and brings it to $47,471 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 West Virginia nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between paralegals ($37,250) and customer support specialists ($36,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $74,730.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #7 of the 16 roles we track in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area (-22.6%), between medical administrative assistants (-20.8%) and accountants (-22.7%). The typical role here is at -23.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 18.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area, 15.0% across West Virginia and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $36,790 in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area to $43,550 in Charleston, a gap of $6,760 a year. All 3 areas in West Virginia with more administrative assistants than the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area also pay more, among them the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area ($38,320) and Charleston, WV ($43,550).

the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area is #328 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 West Virginia, Houma-Bayou Cane and Laredo pay just above the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area and Brunswick-St. Simons and Eagle Pass just below. All four are within $480 a year of the median in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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