Administrative Assistant salary in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area

Pay in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area against Michigan and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area earns $37,040–$49,700. The top tenth earns $59,770 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 $12,660 wide, against $14,740 across Michigan and $19,170 nationally: employers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $6,250 a year in pay and about $8,065 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,410 in pay. 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 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area, and the Michigan statewide median of $46,020 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area

At the $43,450 median, a local hire costs about $56,065 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,615 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 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($43,890) and data entry specialists ($38,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,520.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area (-8.6%), between data entry specialists (-6.2%) and bookkeepers (-9.7%). The typical role here is at -13.5%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 14.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area, 10.1% across Michigan and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $39,660 in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area to $50,600 in Ann Arbor, a gap of $10,940 a year. Of the 7 areas in Michigan with more administrative assistants than the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area, 3 pay less: the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($40,180), Flint, MI ($42,600) and the Southern Michigan nonmetro area ($43,130).

the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area is #272 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Charleston and Pensacola-Ferry Pass pay just above the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area and San Antonio-New Braunfels and Williamsport just below. All four are within $210 a year of the median in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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