Administrative Assistant salary in Victoria, TX

Pay in Victoria against Texas and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $60,130, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Victoria earns $34,150–$50,500. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,350 wide, against $17,510 across Texas and $19,170 nationally: employers in Victoria pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,090 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,260, or about $10,658 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 Victoria, and the Texas statewide median of $45,140 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Victoria

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 $12,263 to the $42,240 median and brings it to $54,503 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 Victoria

Of the 13 roles we track in Victoria, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($46,230) and medical administrative assistants ($37,920). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,540.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 13 roles we track in Victoria (-11.1%), between executive assistants (-10.5%) and accountants (-11.2%). The typical role here is at -16.4%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Victoria than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 13.3% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Victoria, 9.9% across Texas and 11.3% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $36,310 in Eagle Pass to $48,470 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $12,160 a year. Of the 30 areas in Texas with more administrative assistants than Victoria, 18 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($39,280), the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($40,050) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($39,010).

Victoria against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Victoria is #481 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Texas, Elizabethtown and Yuma pay just above Victoria and St. Joseph and Wheeling just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Victoria. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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