Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Albany-Schenectady, NY

Pay in Albany-Schenectady against New York and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Albany-Schenectady earns $39,500–$47,620. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $51,010, only 1.3 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($44,860) 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 $8,120 wide, against $12,150 across New York and $12,010 nationally: employers in Albany-Schenectady pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $2,480 over it, while the 25th sits $5,640 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,200 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 $45,930 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Albany-Schenectady, and the New York statewide median of $47,710 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in Albany-Schenectady

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 $13,105 to the $45,140 median and brings it to $58,245 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 Albany-Schenectady

Of the 17 roles we track in Albany-Schenectady, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($45,350) and data entry specialists ($39,840). Project Coordinator is the highest at $109,850.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in Albany-Schenectady (-1.7%), between accountants (+1.2%) and executive assistants (-2.4%). The typical role here is at +1.3%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Albany-Schenectady than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 4.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Albany-Schenectady, 5.2% across New York and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 15 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $38,140 in Watertown-Fort Drum to $49,230 in New York-Newark, a gap of $11,090 a year. Of the 3 areas in New York with more medical administrative assistants than Albany-Schenectady, 1 pays less: Rochester, NY ($44,380).

Albany-Schenectady against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Albany-Schenectady is #75 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside New York, Kansas City and Boise City pay just above Albany-Schenectady and Gainesville and Miami-Fort Lauderdale just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Albany-Schenectady. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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