Virtual receptionist in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area: cost vs in-house

Pay in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area against New Hampshire and the US

Virtual receptionists at the 90th percentile earn $49,670, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of virtual receptionists in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area earns $30,800–$42,840. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $12,040 wide, between the figure for New Hampshire ($15,260) 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 $6,600 a year in pay and about $8,516 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $5,440 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 the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area, and the New Hampshire statewide median of $38,160 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area

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 $10,521 to the $36,240 median and brings it to $46,761 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 the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($42,440) and e-commerce order specialists ($35,070). Project Coordinator is the highest at $87,150.

Measured against the US median, virtual receptionists rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area (-4.7%), between HR assistants (+1.6%) and accountants (-4.8%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Virtual receptionists hold 6.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area, 7.1% across New Hampshire and 5.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in New Hampshire

Across the 4 areas of New Hampshire with data for this job, the median runs from $36,240 in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area to $43,080 in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area, a gap of $6,840 a year. All 2 areas in New Hampshire with more virtual receptionists than the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area also pay more, among them Manchester-Nashua, NH ($37,410) and the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area ($37,140).

the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area is #317 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New Hampshire, Twin Falls and Orlando-Kissimmee pay just above the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area and Burlington and Flint just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many virtual receptionists, two pay more.

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