Virtual receptionist in Fayetteville-Springdale, AR: cost vs in-house

Pay in Fayetteville-Springdale against Arkansas and the US

The middle half of virtual receptionists in Fayetteville-Springdale earns $31,750–$38,230. The top tenth earns $44,840 or more, 1.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $6,480 wide, against $7,030 across Arkansas and $11,170 nationally: employers in Fayetteville-Springdale pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a virtual receptionist here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $2,150 over it, while the 25th sits $4,330 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $2,774 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 $38,010 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Fayetteville-Springdale, and the Arkansas statewide median of $34,840 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Fayetteville-Springdale

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 $10,475 to the $36,080 median and brings it to $46,555 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 Fayetteville-Springdale

Of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($37,640) and e-commerce order specialists ($24,230). Marketing Specialist is the highest at $83,000.

Measured against the US median, virtual receptionists rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale (-5.1%), between marketing specialists (+5.4%) and accountants (-7.8%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so, measured against the US, virtual receptionists cost more in Fayetteville-Springdale than the area's general pay level would suggest. Virtual receptionists hold 9.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fayetteville-Springdale, 10.2% across Arkansas and 5.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $31,210 in the East Arkansas nonmetro area to $36,080 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $4,870 a year. The one area in Arkansas with more virtual receptionists, Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR ($35,790), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Fayetteville-Springdale against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fayetteville-Springdale is #63 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Arkansas, Winchester and St. George pay just above Fayetteville-Springdale and Lebanon and Asheville just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Fayetteville-Springdale. Of the three markets with about as many virtual receptionists, one pays more.

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