GUIDE TO “ALL INDUSTRY SUMMARY DATA: BASE SALARIES AND SALARY RANGES”
JOB #
JOB TITLE
1
# OF
FIRMS
# OF
INCUMB
2
3
SIMPLE
MEAN
4
WEIGHTED
MEAN
25TH
%TILE
MEDIAN
50TH
%TILE
75TH
%TILE
ESTABLISHED SALARY RANGE
AVG
AVG
AVG
MIN
MIDPT
MAX
6
7
8
9
5
SAMPLE
1. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
1.01
1.02
1.03
1.04a
1.04b
Administrative Assistant I
Administrative Assistant II
Administrative Assistant III
Executive Assistant
Executive Assistant to CEO
716
1,468
965
362
125
40,019
44,092
49,403
61,580
75,818
44,769
46,952
51,933
62,842
75,305
35,403
39,264
43,057
55,621
66,556
40,162
43,264
48,874
61,578
75,086
43,581
49,968
54,982
66,568
83,322
32,266
35,251
38,895
47,288
57,047
39,384
43,562
47,568
59,281
71,037
46,503
51,873
56,241
71,274
85,027
Explanation
Keynumber
1
Benchmark job title, not necessarily the title used
by participating organizations. (For a complete
description of benchmark job content, see the job
description section.)
5
Weighted Mean – The average annual salary,
computed by totaling the salary paid to each incumbent
and dividing by the total number of incumbents. This
measure reflects the influence on the marketplace by
organizations with many incumbents in one job.
2
Total number of organizations reporting salary data
for this position. Note: A position must have a minimum
of 5 organization matches in order to show data. No
individual employer represents more than 25% of the
weighted data.
6
25th Percentile – 25% of company averages are below
this level.
7
50th Percentile / Median – Half of all company
averages are below this level; half are above this level.
8
75th Percentile – 75% of company averages are below
this level.
9
Salary Range – (Average Minimum, Midpoint, and
Maximum) – The simple average of salary range
minimums and maximums reported by organizations
with established ranges.
Keynumber
24
53
86
61
77
82
3
Total number of job incumbents in this position
as reported by participating organizations.
4
Simple Mean – The average annual salary, computed
by totaling the average salary paid in each organization
and dividing by the number of organizations. This
measure gives equal weight to the salary paid by each
organization, regardless of the number of incumbents.
Explanation
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GUIDE TO “ALL INDUSTRY SUMMARY DATA: BONUSES AND TOTAL CASH COMPENSATION”
JOB #
JOB TITLE
SAMPLE
SAMPLE
TOTAL TOTAL
# OF
# OF
FIRMS INCUM
2
1
TOTAL CASH
SIMPLE WEIGHTED
MEAN
MEAN
3
25TH
%TILE
TOTAL CASH
50TH
%TILE
75TH
%TILE
FIRMS PAYING % OF INCUMB
ADDITIONAL
RECEIVING
CASH
ADDITIONAL
CASH
#
%
4
5
AVG ADD’L CASH PAID
LAST FISCAL YEAR
SIMPLE MEAN
WGTD MEAN
$
%
$
%
6
7
8
21%
33%
33%
35%
34%
13%
23%
17%
37%
26%
2,017 5%
2,466 5%
3,211 6%
3,972 6%
8,700 10%
TARGET BONUS
CURRENT FY
% OF
% OF
FIRMS
BASE
9
10
1. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
1.01
1.02
1.03
1.04a
1.04b
Administrative Assistant I
Administrative Assistant II
Administrative Assistant III
Executive Assistant
Executive Assistant to CEO
Keynumber
53
716
86 1,468
61
965
77
362
82
125
40,311
44,871
50,338
62,919
78,624
45,014
47,436
52,174
64,095
77,355
35,403
40,166
43,637
57,609
66,694
Explanation
1
Benchmark job title, not necessarily the title used
by participating companies. (For a complete description
of benchmark job content, see the job description
section.)
2
Total number of separate organizations reporting
salary data for this position.
3
Total number of job incumbents in this position as
reported by participating organizations.
4
Total cash compensation, including base salary and
additional cash, paid by all additional cash and nonadditional cash paying organizations. Data represents
the 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles.
5
Number of separate organizations offering
additional cash plan to incumbents in this position.
40,469
44,497
49,613
62,109
75,711
44,090
50,494
56,540
68,005
84,390
Keynumber
1,943
2,133
1,435
3,410
8,152
5%
5%
3%
5%
10%
13%
20%
21%
29%
30%
7%
7%
7%
7%
11%
Explanation
6
Percent of separate organizations offering
additional cash plan to incumbents in this position.
(Excluding organizations with vacant positions.)
7
Percent of job incumbents actually receiving
additional cash in most recent fiscal year.
8
Simple mean paid – The average annual additional
cash (in annual dollars and percent of base salary),
computed by totaling the average additional cash paid
by each organization and dividing by the number of
additional cash paying organizations. This measure
gives equal weight to the additional cash paid by each
organization, regardless of the number of incumbents.
9
Weighted mean paid – The average annual
additional cash (in annual dollars and percent of
base salary), computed by totaling the additional
cash paid to each incumbent and dividing by the total
number of incumbents receiving additional cash. This
measure reflects the influence on the marketplace by
organizations with many incumbents in one job.
10
Simple mean annual targeted bonus – percent of
organizations responding with annual target bonus
data. Annual targeted bonus is the average predicted
payout, not the actual or maximum potential payout.
Additional cash plans include commissions,
bonuses, performance incentives, gainsharing,
etc., but exclude overtime pay, shift differentials, or
retirement/deferred compensation.
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** Revised - 2013
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