Virtual receptionist in Louisville, KY-IN: cost vs in-house

Pay in Louisville against Kentucky and the US

Virtual receptionists at the 90th percentile earn $46,040, 1.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of virtual receptionists in Louisville earns $29,910–$40,290. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $10,380 wide, between the figure for Kentucky ($10,020) and the US figure ($11,170).

What to budget for a virtual receptionist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $5,770 a year in pay and about $7,445 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $4,610 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 $38,010 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Louisville, and the Kentucky statewide median of $32,940 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Louisville

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 $10,022 to the $34,520 median and brings it to $44,542 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 Louisville

Virtual receptionists have the lowest median of the 17 roles we track in Louisville; project coordinators have the highest, at $82,660.

Measured against the US median, virtual receptionists rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Louisville (-9.2%), between accountants (-8.8%) and executive assistants (-17.2%). The typical role here is at -5.6%, so, measured against the US, virtual receptionists cost less in Louisville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Virtual receptionists hold 4.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Louisville, 4.7% across Kentucky and 5.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $29,640 in the East Kentucky nonmetro area to $34,520 in Louisville, a gap of $4,880 a year. No other area in Kentucky has as many virtual receptionists, and all 9 others pay less.

Louisville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Louisville is #49 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 Kentucky, Memphis and Dalton pay just above Louisville and Jefferson City and Killeen-Temple just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Louisville. Of the three markets with about as many virtual receptionists, all three pay more.

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