Administrative Assistant salary in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area

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

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $60,910, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area earns $36,430–$47,970. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,540 wide, against $18,560 across Virginia and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $7,460 over the median, the 25th only $4,080 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,626 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area, and the Virginia statewide median of $47,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest 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 $11,761 to the $40,510 median and brings it to $52,271 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 Southwest Virginia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($43,630) and e-commerce order specialists ($39,340). Project Coordinator is the highest at $87,870.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area (-14.8%), between project coordinators (-14.1%) and e-commerce order specialists (-14.8%). The typical role here is at -14.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 12.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area, 7.4% across Virginia and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $39,200 in the Southside Virginia nonmetro area to $53,100 in Charlottesville, a gap of $13,900 a year. All 4 areas in Virginia with more administrative assistants than the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area also pay more, among them Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC ($46,320) and Richmond, VA ($47,840).

the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area is #310 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 Virginia, Longview and Springfield pay just above the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area and Myrtle Beach-Conway and Auburn-Opelika just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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