Administrative Assistant salary in the West North Dakota nonmetro area

Pay in the West North Dakota nonmetro area against North Dakota and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the West North Dakota nonmetro area earns $42,990–$58,720. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $62,660, 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 $15,730 wide, between the figure for North Dakota ($13,610) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,030 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,700, or about $11,226 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 25th percentile and the median in the West North Dakota nonmetro area, and the North Dakota statewide median of $47,480 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the West North Dakota nonmetro area

At the $50,020 median, a local hire costs about $64,542 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,522 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 North Dakota nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the West North Dakota nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between executive assistants ($54,790) and bookkeepers ($50,000). Sales Development Representative is the highest at $116,840.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #4 of the 14 roles we track in the West North Dakota nonmetro area (+5.2%), between customer support specialists (+6.7%) and payroll specialists (+4.3%). The typical role here is at -0.0%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the West North Dakota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 21.8% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the West North Dakota nonmetro area, 17.3% across North Dakota and 11.0% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Dakota

Across the 6 areas of North Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $46,110 in the East North Dakota nonmetro area to $50,020 in the West North Dakota nonmetro area, a gap of $3,910 a year. All 2 areas in North Dakota with more administrative assistants than the West North Dakota nonmetro area pay less, among them Fargo, ND-MN ($47,060) and Bismarck, ND ($47,580).

the West North Dakota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West North Dakota nonmetro area is #291 of 520 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside North Dakota, Honolulu and Fresno pay just above the West North Dakota nonmetro area and Pittsfield and Corvallis just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the West North Dakota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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