Administrative Assistant salary in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area

Pay in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area against Wyoming and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area earns $39,690–$56,430. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $62,150, 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 $16,740 wide, between the figure for Wyoming ($11,550) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $9,870 a year in pay and about $12,735 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,870 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area, and the Wyoming statewide median of $45,450 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in the Western Wyoming 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 $13,517 to the $46,560 median and brings it to $60,077 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 Western Wyoming nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($47,570) and medical administrative assistants ($44,430). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,660.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 15 roles we track in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area (-2.1%), between virtual receptionists (-1.4%) and medical administrative assistants (-3.3%). The typical role here is at -6.1%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 11.6% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area, 11.0% across Wyoming and 10.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Wyoming

Across the 4 areas of Wyoming with data for this job, the median runs from $38,600 in Cheyenne to $46,560 in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area, a gap of $7,960 a year. The one area in Wyoming with more administrative assistants, the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area ($45,970), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

the Western Wyoming nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western Wyoming nonmetro area is #374 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wyoming, Coeur d'Alene and Houston-Pasadena pay just above the Western Wyoming nonmetro area and Peoria and Glens Falls just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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