Administrative Assistant salary in Stockton-Lodi, CA

Pay in Stockton-Lodi against California and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $75,810, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Stockton-Lodi earns $46,010–$62,040. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,030 wide, against $19,010 across California and $19,170 nationally: employers in Stockton-Lodi pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,760 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,270, or about $10,671 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 25th percentile and the median in Stockton-Lodi, and the California statewide median of $55,400 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Stockton-Lodi

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 $15,611 to the $53,770 median and brings it to $69,381 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 Stockton-Lodi

Of the 17 roles we track in Stockton-Lodi, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($54,060) and customer support specialists ($49,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $104,240.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Stockton-Lodi (+13.1%); marketing specialists come last (-6.5%). The typical role here is at +5.1%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Stockton-Lodi than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 12.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Stockton-Lodi, 9.5% across California and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $49,150 in El Centro to $62,940 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $13,790 a year. Of the 9 areas in California with more administrative assistants than Stockton-Lodi, 4 pay less, the largest of them Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA ($53,550), Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ($52,920) and Fresno, CA ($50,100).

Stockton-Lodi against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Stockton-Lodi is #132 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside California, Bellingham and Trenton-Princeton pay just above Stockton-Lodi and Washington-Arlington and Kennewick-Richland just below. All four are within $630 a year of the median in Stockton-Lodi. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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