Administrative Assistant salary in Winchester, VA-WV

Pay in Winchester against Virginia and the US

The middle half of administrative assistants in Winchester earns $38,780–$51,470. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $59,560, only 1.8 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 only $12,690 wide, against $18,560 across Virginia and $19,170 nationally: employers in Winchester pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $5,480 a year in pay and about $7,071 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,210 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 Winchester, and the Virginia statewide median of $47,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Winchester

At the $45,990 median, a local hire costs about $59,342 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,352 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 Winchester

Of the 16 roles we track in Winchester, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($48,540) and customer support specialists ($44,460). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,810.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #4 of the 16 roles we track in Winchester (-3.3%), between customer support specialists (-0.7%) and bookkeepers (-4.2%). The typical role here is at -6.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Administrative assistants hold 10.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Winchester, 7.4% across Virginia and 10.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $39,200 in the Southside Virginia nonmetro area to $53,100 in Charlottesville, a gap of $13,900 a year. Of the 9 areas in Virginia with more administrative assistants than Winchester, 6 pay less, the largest of them Roanoke, VA ($45,100), the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area ($40,510) and the Southside Virginia nonmetro area ($39,200).

Winchester against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Winchester is #404 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Virginia, Knoxville and Ogden pay just above Winchester and Memphis and Sioux City just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in Winchester. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, two pay more.

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