Virtual receptionist in Oshkosh-Neenah, WI: cost vs in-house

Pay in Oshkosh-Neenah against Wisconsin and the US

Virtual receptionists at the 90th percentile earn $49,160, 1.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of virtual receptionists in Oshkosh-Neenah earns $36,100–$46,040. The mean ($40,890) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,940 wide, against $10,570 across Wisconsin and $11,170 nationally: employers in Oshkosh-Neenah pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a virtual receptionist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $4,340 a year in pay and about $5,600 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $5,600 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 25th percentile and the median in Oshkosh-Neenah, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $41,150 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Oshkosh-Neenah

At the $41,700 median, a local hire costs about $53,806 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,106 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 Oshkosh-Neenah

Virtual receptionists have the lowest median of the 16 roles we track in Oshkosh-Neenah; project coordinators have the highest, at $94,030.

Measured against the US median, virtual receptionists rank #3 of the 16 roles we track in Oshkosh-Neenah (+9.7%), between data entry specialists (+10.4%) and medical administrative assistants (+3.5%). The typical role here is at -3.1%, so, measured against the US, virtual receptionists cost more in Oshkosh-Neenah than the area's general pay level would suggest. Virtual receptionists hold 8.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Oshkosh-Neenah, 9.1% across Wisconsin and 5.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $38,630 in Janesville-Beloit to $45,430 in Sheboygan, a gap of $6,800 a year. Of the 9 areas in Wisconsin with more virtual receptionists than Oshkosh-Neenah, 7 pay less, the largest of them the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($40,260), the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($38,890) and Green Bay, WI ($40,760).

Oshkosh-Neenah against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Oshkosh-Neenah is #220 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Worcester and Providence-Warwick pay just above Oshkosh-Neenah and El Centro and Wenatchee-East Wenatchee just below. All four are within $290 a year of the median in Oshkosh-Neenah. Of the three markets with about as many virtual receptionists, none pays as much.

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