Administrative Assistant salary in the West South Dakota nonmetro area

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

The middle half of administrative assistants in the West South Dakota nonmetro area earns $36,100–$47,620. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $50,970, only 1.6 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 $11,520 wide, between the figure for South Dakota ($11,390) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $5,020 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,500, or about $8,387 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 South Dakota nonmetro area, and the South Dakota statewide median of $41,700 falls there too.

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

At the $41,120 median, a local hire costs about $53,058 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,938 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 South Dakota nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the West South Dakota nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($45,760) and HR assistants ($40,160). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,370.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #6 of the 14 roles we track in the West South Dakota nonmetro area (-13.5%), between sales development representatives (-10.7%) and customer support specialists (-16.6%). The typical role here is at -17.1%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the West South Dakota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 20.0% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the West South Dakota nonmetro area, 14.2% across South Dakota and 11.6% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Dakota

Across the 4 areas of South Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $41,120 in the West South Dakota nonmetro area to $42,560 in Sioux Falls, a gap of $1,440 a year. All 2 areas in South Dakota with more administrative assistants than the West South Dakota nonmetro area also pay more, among them Sioux Falls, SD-MN ($42,560) and the East South Dakota nonmetro area ($41,700).

the West South Dakota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West South Dakota nonmetro area is #301 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside South Dakota, Lake Havasu City-Kingman and Goldsboro pay just above the West South Dakota nonmetro area and Morristown and Las Cruces just below. All four are within $290 a year of the median in the West South Dakota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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