Administrative Assistant salary in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area earns $37,160–$50,260. The top tenth earns $63,190 or more, 2.0 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 $13,100 wide, against $15,540 across Ohio and $19,170 nationally: employers in the West Northwestern Ohio 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 $7,190 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $5,910, or about $7,626 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 median and the 75th percentile in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $46,230 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the West Northwestern Ohio 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 $12,876 to the $44,350 median and brings it to $57,226 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 Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($45,090) and medical administrative assistants ($38,130). Project Coordinator is the highest at $87,260.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #5 of the 16 roles we track in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area (-6.7%), between bookkeepers (-5.6%) and accountants (-7.1%). The typical role here is at -8.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 16.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, 10.9% across Ohio and 11.0% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $41,580 in Youngstown-Warren to $47,870 in Columbus, a gap of $6,290 a year. Of the 7 areas in Ohio with more administrative assistants than the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area ($42,580).

the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area is #113 of 520 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Ohio, Greenville and Orlando-Kissimmee pay just above the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area and Port St. Lucie and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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