Administrative Assistant salary in the West Arkansas nonmetro area

Pay in the West Arkansas nonmetro area against Arkansas and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the West Arkansas nonmetro area earns $30,740–$44,780. The top tenth earns $54,700 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 $14,040 wide, against $14,490 across Arkansas and $19,170 nationally: employers in the West Arkansas 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 $7,910 a year in pay and about $10,206 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,130 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the West Arkansas nonmetro area, and the Arkansas statewide median of $37,630 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in the West Arkansas nonmetro area

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 $10,704 to the $36,870 median and brings it to $47,574 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 the West Arkansas nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the West Arkansas nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($41,410) and customer support specialists ($36,410). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,570.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #7 of the 15 roles we track in the West Arkansas nonmetro area (-22.4%), between medical administrative assistants (-22.3%) and accountants (-23.8%). The typical role here is at -23.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 12.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the West Arkansas nonmetro area, 8.1% across Arkansas and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $34,250 in the East Arkansas nonmetro area to $41,550 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $7,300 a year. Of the 5 areas in Arkansas with more administrative assistants than the West Arkansas nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the South Arkansas nonmetro area ($35,520) and the North Arkansas nonmetro area ($35,970).

the West Arkansas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Arkansas nonmetro area is #416 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arkansas, Houma-Bayou Cane and Laredo pay just above the West Arkansas nonmetro area and Brunswick-St. Simons and Eagle Pass just below. All four are within $560 a year of the median in the West Arkansas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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