Administrative Assistant salary in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area

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

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $54,950 or more, 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of administrative assistants in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area earns $28,880–$46,570. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $17,690 wide, between the figure for Oklahoma ($16,080) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $9,160 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,530, or about $11,006 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $39,660 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 Oklahoma nonmetro area

At the $38,040 median, a local hire costs about $49,084 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,044 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 Oklahoma nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($40,070) and customer support specialists ($36,170). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,990.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #10 of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area (-20.0%), between customer support specialists (-19.2%) and bookkeepers (-20.9%). The typical role here is at -19.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 20.3% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, 11.7% across Oklahoma and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $37,240 in Lawton to $41,850 in Oklahoma City, a gap of $4,610 a year. Of the 5 areas in Oklahoma with more administrative assistants than the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, 3 pay less: the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area ($37,820), the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area ($37,680) and the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area ($37,740).

the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area is #337 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 Oklahoma, Lafayette and Gulfport-Biloxi pay just above the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area and Albany and Slidell-Mandeville just below. All four are within $380 a year of the median in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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