Administrative Assistant salary in Wheeling, WV-OH

Pay in Wheeling against West Virginia and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $59,090, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Wheeling earns $34,710–$48,790. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $14,080 wide, between the figure for West Virginia ($13,830) 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 $6,590 a year in pay and about $8,503 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,490 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 Wheeling, and the West Virginia statewide median of $40,370 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Wheeling

At the $42,200 median, a local hire costs about $54,452 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,252 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 Wheeling

Of the 16 roles we track in Wheeling, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($44,230) and HR assistants ($39,530). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,070.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 16 roles we track in Wheeling (-11.2%), between project coordinators (-8.1%) and bookkeepers (-11.9%). The typical role here is at -15.6%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Wheeling than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 15.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Wheeling, 15.0% across West Virginia and 10.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $36,790 in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area to $43,550 in Charleston, a gap of $6,760 a year. Of the 5 areas in West Virginia with more administrative assistants than Wheeling, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area ($38,320), Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY ($38,280) and the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area ($36,790).

Wheeling against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Wheeling is #375 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside West Virginia, St. Joseph and Victoria pay just above Wheeling and Bloomington and Florence just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Wheeling. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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