Administrative Assistant salary in the West Kentucky nonmetro area

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

The middle half of administrative assistants in the West Kentucky nonmetro area earns $32,940–$44,930. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $51,490, only 1.7 times the bottom tenth, against 2.0 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,990 wide, against $14,400 across Kentucky and $19,170 nationally: employers in the West Kentucky nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $5,880 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,110, or about $7,884 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the West Kentucky nonmetro area, and the Kentucky statewide median of $44,200 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 Kentucky nonmetro area

At the $38,820 median, a local hire costs about $50,090 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,270 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 Kentucky nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the West Kentucky nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($40,220) and e-commerce order specialists ($38,480). Project Coordinator is the highest at $75,050.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in the West Kentucky nonmetro area (-18.3%), between virtual receptionists (-17.5%) and accountants (-18.6%). The typical role here is at -18.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 13.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the West Kentucky nonmetro area, 9.2% across Kentucky and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $38,280 in the East Kentucky nonmetro area to $47,790 in Lexington-Fayette, a gap of $9,510 a year. Of the 4 areas in Kentucky with more administrative assistants than the West Kentucky nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($38,630).

the West Kentucky nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Kentucky nonmetro area is #245 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Kentucky, Homosassa Springs and Little Rock-North Little Rock pay just above the West Kentucky nonmetro area and Brownsville-Harlingen and Muncie just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the West Kentucky nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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