Virtual receptionist in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area: cost vs in-house

Pay in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area against Idaho and the US

Virtual receptionists at the 90th percentile earn $45,250, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of virtual receptionists in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area earns $31,200–$39,300. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $8,100 wide, against $10,310 across Idaho and $11,170 nationally: employers in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area 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 $3,010 over it, while the 25th sits $5,090 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,884 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 the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area, and the Idaho statewide median of $36,810 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area

At the $36,290 median, a local hire costs about $46,826 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,536 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 the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area

Virtual receptionists have the lowest median of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area; project coordinators have the highest, at $82,720.

Measured against the US median, virtual receptionists rank #3 of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area (-4.5%), between HR assistants (+2.8%) and bookkeepers (-7.0%). The typical role here is at -16.7%, so, measured against the US, virtual receptionists cost more in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Virtual receptionists hold 6.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area, 6.4% across Idaho and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Idaho

Across the 8 areas of Idaho with data for this job, the median runs from $34,800 in Idaho Falls to $37,780 in Coeur d'Alene, a gap of $2,980 a year. Of the 3 areas in Idaho with more virtual receptionists than the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Idaho Falls, ID ($34,800).

the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area is #319 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Idaho, Orlando-Kissimmee and Pittsburgh pay just above the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area and Burlington and Flint just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many virtual receptionists, one pays more.

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