Administrative Assistant salary in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area

Pay in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area against Mississippi and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $50,630, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area earns $27,710–$41,800. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $14,090 wide, against $16,060 across Mississippi and $19,170 nationally: employers in the West Delta Mississippi 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 $7,530 a year in pay and about $9,716 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,560 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 Delta Mississippi nonmetro area, and the Mississippi statewide median of $37,340 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 Delta Mississippi nonmetro area

At the $34,270 median, a local hire costs about $44,219 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $9,949 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 West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($35,340) and virtual receptionists ($30,310). Project Coordinator is the highest at $77,120.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area (-27.9%), between executive assistants (-25.3%) and recruiters (-30.4%). The typical role here is at -22.9%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost less in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 20.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $34,270 in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area to $38,440 in Jackson, a gap of $4,170 a year. All 4 areas in Mississippi with more administrative assistants than the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area also pay more, among them Jackson, MS ($38,440) and the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area ($37,030).

the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area is #237 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. No metro area outside Mississippi pays administrative assistants less than the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area; the table shows the next lowest outside Mississippi. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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