Administrative Assistant salary in Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH

Pay in Weirton-Steubenville against West Virginia and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $58,170, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Weirton-Steubenville earns $34,180–$48,160. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $13,980 wide, between the figure for West Virginia ($13,830) 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 $7,460 a year in pay and about $9,626 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,520 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 Weirton-Steubenville, and the West Virginia statewide median of $40,370 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Weirton-Steubenville

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 $11,816 to the $40,700 median and brings it to $52,516 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 Weirton-Steubenville

Of the 14 roles we track in Weirton-Steubenville, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($45,140) and customer support specialists ($38,160). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,220.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #6 of the 14 roles we track in Weirton-Steubenville (-14.4%), between data entry specialists (-13.9%) and accountants (-14.6%). The typical role here is at -14.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 17.1% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Weirton-Steubenville, 15.6% across West Virginia and 11.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $36,790 in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area to $43,550 in Charleston, a gap of $6,760 a year. Of the 7 areas in West Virginia with more administrative assistants than Weirton-Steubenville, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area ($38,320), Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY ($38,280) and the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area ($36,790).

Weirton-Steubenville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Weirton-Steubenville is #485 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside West Virginia, Tulsa and Jackson pay just above Weirton-Steubenville and Springfield and Longview just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Weirton-Steubenville. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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