Administrative Assistant salary in Winston-Salem, NC

Pay in Winston-Salem against North Carolina and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $60,690, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Winston-Salem earns $37,880–$53,760. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $15,880 wide, between the figure for North Carolina ($13,770) and the US figure ($19,170).

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,760 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,120, or about $10,477 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 Winston-Salem, and the North Carolina statewide median of $45,790 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Winston-Salem

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 $13,250 to the $45,640 median and brings it to $58,890 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 Winston-Salem

Of the 17 roles we track in Winston-Salem, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($46,370) and HR assistants ($45,040). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,560.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Winston-Salem (-4.0%), between medical administrative assistants (+1.0%) and bookkeepers (-4.6%). The typical role here is at -9.7%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Winston-Salem than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 8.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Winston-Salem, 8.3% across North Carolina and 10.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $38,590 in Jacksonville to $48,500 in Raleigh-Cary, a gap of $9,910 a year. Of the 6 areas in North Carolina with more administrative assistants than Winston-Salem, 2 pay less: the Western North Carolina nonmetro area ($41,410) and the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area ($41,250).

Winston-Salem against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Winston-Salem is #138 of 520 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside North Carolina, Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Harrisonburg pay just above Winston-Salem and Columbia and Monroe just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Winston-Salem. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, one pays more.

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