Virtual receptionist in Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR: cost vs in-house

Pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock against Arkansas and the US

Virtual receptionists at the 90th percentile earn $45,760, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of virtual receptionists in Little Rock-North Little Rock earns $30,900–$38,600. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $7,700 wide, between the figure for Arkansas ($7,030) and the US figure ($11,170).

What to budget for a virtual receptionist here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $2,810 over it, while the 25th sits $4,890 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,626 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock, and the Arkansas statewide median of $34,840 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Little Rock-North Little Rock

At the $35,790 median, a local hire costs about $46,181 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,391 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock

Of the 17 roles we track in Little Rock-North Little Rock, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($38,160) and data entry specialists ($33,860). Project Coordinator is the highest at $73,480.

Measured against the US median, virtual receptionists rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Little Rock-North Little Rock (-5.8%), between HR assistants (-5.3%) and bookkeepers (-12.2%). The typical role here is at -18.1%, so, measured against the US, virtual receptionists cost more in Little Rock-North Little Rock than the area's general pay level would suggest. Virtual receptionists hold 10.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Little Rock-North Little Rock, 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. No other area in Arkansas has as many virtual receptionists, and 7 of the other 8 pay less.

Little Rock-North Little Rock against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Little Rock-North Little Rock is #48 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, Deltona-Daytona Beach and Peoria pay just above Little Rock-North Little Rock and Topeka and Logan just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in Little Rock-North Little Rock. Of the three markets with about as many virtual receptionists, two pay more.

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