Administrative Assistant salary in Yuba City, CA

Pay in Yuba City against California and the US

Administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $70,700, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.0. The middle half of administrative assistants in Yuba City earns $45,140–$61,400. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,260 wide, against $19,010 across California and $19,170 nationally: employers in Yuba City pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $9,920 over the median, the 25th only $6,340 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,800 a year in employer cost. 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 25th percentile and the median in Yuba City, and the California statewide median of $55,400 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Yuba City

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 $14,946 to the $51,480 median and brings it to $66,426 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 Yuba City

Of the 15 roles we track in Yuba City, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($52,140) and medical administrative assistants ($49,600). Project Coordinator is the highest at $108,190.

Measured against the US median, administrative assistants rank #4 of the 15 roles we track in Yuba City (+8.3%), between bookkeepers (+9.0%) and medical administrative assistants (+8.0%). The typical role here is at +2.4%, so, measured against the US, administrative assistants cost more in Yuba City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Administrative assistants hold 14.6% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Yuba City, 9.7% across California and 10.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $49,150 in El Centro to $62,940 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $13,790 a year. Of the 26 areas in California with more administrative assistants than Yuba City, 6 pay less, the largest of them Fresno, CA ($50,100), Bakersfield-Delano, CA ($50,960) and San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA ($51,010).

Yuba City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Yuba City is #455 of 520 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside California, Walla Walla and Providence-Warwick pay just above Yuba City and Springfield and New York-Newark just below. All four are within $320 a year of the median in Yuba City. Of the three markets with about as many administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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