Administrative Assistant salary in St. George, UT

Pay in St. George against Utah and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in St. George earns $35,660–$50,670. The top tenth earns $57,510 or more, 2.2 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. The mean ($43,640) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,010 wide, against $17,330 across Utah and $19,170 nationally: employers in St. George pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,950 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,060, or about $7,819 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 median and the 75th percentile in St. George, and the Utah statewide median of $47,050 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in St. George

At the $44,610 median, a local hire costs about $57,561 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,951 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 St. George

Of the 15 roles we track in St. George, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($47,130) and medical administrative assistants ($43,150). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,300.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 15 roles we track in St. George (-6.2%), between medical administrative assistants (-6.1%) and bookkeepers (-7.0%). The typical role here is at -9.9%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in St. George than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 10.6% of the jobs in the 14 of these roles with a job count in St. George, 7.8% across Utah and 11.0% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $43,400 in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area to $48,310 in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area, a gap of $4,910 a year. Of the 4 areas in Utah with more administrative assistants than St. George, 1 pays less: the High Desert Utah nonmetro area ($43,400).

St. George against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, St. George is #352 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Utah, Prescott Valley-Prescott and Burlington pay just above St. George and Sandusky and Birmingham just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in St. George. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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