Administrative Assistant salary in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area against Louisiana and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $51,610, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area earns $29,640–$43,180. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,540 wide, against $14,870 across Louisiana and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Southwest Louisiana 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 $6,770 a year in pay and about $8,735 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,770 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area, and the Louisiana statewide median of $38,790 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 Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area

At the $36,410 median, a local hire costs about $46,981 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,571 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 Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($37,850) and medical administrative assistants ($36,390). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,130.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #10 of the 14 roles we track in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area (-23.4%), between accountants (-23.4%) and paralegals (-28.9%). The typical role here is at -22.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 22.3% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area, 16.6% across Louisiana and 11.0% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Louisiana

Across the 13 areas of Louisiana with data for this job, the median runs from $33,860 in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area to $42,830 in New Orleans-Metairie, a gap of $8,970 a year. All 4 areas in Louisiana with more administrative assistants than the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area also pay more, among them New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($42,830) and Baton Rouge, LA ($40,910).

the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area is #202 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 Louisiana, Brunswick-St. Simons and Laredo pay just above the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area and Eagle Pass and Valdosta just below. All four are within $670 a year of the median in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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