Administrative Assistant salary in Williamsport, PA

Pay in Williamsport against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Williamsport earns $36,460–$48,080. The top tenth earns $56,430 or more, 1.9 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.0 times. The mean ($42,970) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,620 wide, against $15,110 across Pennsylvania and $19,170 nationally: employers in Williamsport pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $4,640 over it, while the 25th sits $6,980 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $5,987 more a year with benefits. 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 Williamsport, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $46,270 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Williamsport

At the $43,440 median, a local hire costs about $56,052 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,612 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 Williamsport

Of the 15 roles we track in Williamsport, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($44,930) and e-commerce order specialists ($39,840). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,020.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #3 of the 15 roles we track in Williamsport (-8.6%), between bookkeepers (-7.6%) and project coordinators (-9.1%). The typical role here is at -13.8%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Williamsport than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 14.7% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Williamsport, 11.6% across Pennsylvania and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $38,660 in Johnstown to $48,850 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $10,190 a year. Of the 18 areas in Pennsylvania with more administrative assistants than Williamsport, 5 pay less, the largest of them the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($39,380), the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($39,320) and Erie, PA ($41,850).

Williamsport against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Williamsport is #433 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Pennsylvania, San Antonio-New Braunfels and Charleston pay just above Williamsport and Great Falls and Beaumont-Port Arthur just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Williamsport. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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