Virtual receptionist in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area: cost vs in-house

Pay in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area against West Virginia and the US

The middle half of virtual receptionists in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area earns $27,080–$35,950. The top tenth earns $42,340 or more, 1.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $8,870 wide, between the figure for West Virginia ($8,650) and the US figure ($11,170).

What to budget for a virtual receptionist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $5,580 over the median, the 25th only $3,290 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $7,200 a year in employer cost. 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area, and the West Virginia statewide median of $31,920 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local virtual receptionists earn.

What a hire really costs in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area

At the $30,370 median, a local hire costs about $39,187 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $8,817 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 Southern West Virginia nonmetro area

Virtual receptionists have the lowest median of the 16 roles we track in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area; project coordinators have the highest, at $74,730.

Measured against the US median, virtual receptionists rank #5 of the 16 roles we track in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area (-20.1%), between recruiters (-18.9%) and medical administrative assistants (-20.8%). The typical role here is at -23.4%, so, measured against the US, virtual receptionists cost more in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Virtual receptionists hold 12.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area, 9.3% across West Virginia and 5.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $30,180 in Beckley to $34,690 in Weirton-Steubenville, a gap of $4,510 a year. All 3 areas in West Virginia with more virtual receptionists than the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area also pay more, among them Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY ($31,890) and the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area ($30,790).

the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area is #269 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside West Virginia, Texarkana and Florence-Muscle Shoals pay just above the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area and Lafayette and Dothan just below. All four are within $310 a year of the median in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many virtual receptionists, all three pay more.

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