Administrative Assistant salary in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA

Pay in Staunton-Stuarts Draft against Virginia and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Staunton-Stuarts Draft earns $37,760–$53,940. The top tenth earns $61,620 or more, 1.9 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,180 wide, against $18,560 across Virginia and $19,170 nationally: employers in Staunton-Stuarts Draft pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,130 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,050, or about $10,387 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, and the Virginia statewide median of $47,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Staunton-Stuarts Draft

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 $13,323 to the $45,890 median and brings it to $59,213 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft

Of the 14 roles we track in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($48,530) and medical administrative assistants ($44,410). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,020.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 14 roles we track in Staunton-Stuarts Draft (-3.5%), between medical administrative assistants (-3.3%) and bookkeepers (-4.2%). The typical role here is at -9.5%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Staunton-Stuarts Draft than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 11.1% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, 7.5% across Virginia and 11.0% 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. Of the 12 areas in Virginia with more administrative assistants than Staunton-Stuarts Draft, 8 pay less, the largest of them Roanoke, VA ($45,100), the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area ($40,510) and the Southside Virginia nonmetro area ($39,200).

Staunton-Stuarts Draft against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Staunton-Stuarts Draft is #492 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Virginia, Decatur and Palm Bay-Melbourne pay just above Staunton-Stuarts Draft and Farmington and Jacksonville just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Staunton-Stuarts Draft. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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