Administrative Assistant salary in Warner Robins, GA

Pay in Warner Robins against Georgia and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $58,830 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of administrative assistants in Warner Robins earns $31,200–$50,730. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $19,530 wide, between the figure for Georgia ($19,960) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $11,050 a year in pay and about $14,258 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,480 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 Warner Robins, and the Georgia statewide median of $41,600 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Warner Robins

At the $39,680 median, a local hire costs about $51,200 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,520 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 Warner Robins

Of the 15 roles we track in Warner Robins, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($44,190) and medical administrative assistants ($37,810). Project Coordinator is the highest at $116,980.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #9 of the 15 roles we track in Warner Robins (-16.5%), between virtual receptionists (-13.9%) and office managers (-17.2%). The typical role here is at -13.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 9.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Warner Robins, 8.8% across Georgia and 10.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $34,920 in the East Georgia nonmetro area to $45,270 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $10,350 a year. Of the 14 areas in Georgia with more administrative assistants than Warner Robins, 11 pay less, the largest of them the South Georgia nonmetro area ($35,940), the North Georgia nonmetro area ($37,490) and the Middle Georgia nonmetro area ($37,180).

Warner Robins against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Warner Robins is #462 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Georgia, Columbia and Anniston-Oxford pay just above Warner Robins and College Station-Bryan and Daphne-Fairhope just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Warner Robins. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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