Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Albuquerque, NM

Pay in Albuquerque against New Mexico and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Albuquerque earns $40,130–$51,110. The top tenth earns $59,290 or more, 1.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. The mean ($46,680) 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 $10,980 wide, between the figure for New Mexico ($10,580) and the US figure ($12,010).

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $3,800 over it, while the 25th sits $7,180 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $4,903 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 25th percentile and the median in Albuquerque, and the New Mexico statewide median of $44,230 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Albuquerque

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 $13,735 to the $47,310 median and brings it to $61,045 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 Albuquerque

Of the 17 roles we track in Albuquerque, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($49,660) and administrative assistants ($46,950). Project Coordinator is the highest at $106,730.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Albuquerque (+3.0%), between project coordinators (+4.3%) and HR assistants (-0.3%). The typical role here is at -4.5%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Albuquerque than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 5.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Albuquerque, 4.8% across New Mexico 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 Mexico

Across the 6 areas of New Mexico with data for this job, the median runs from $38,540 in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area to $47,310 in Albuquerque, a gap of $8,770 a year. No other area in New Mexico has as many medical administrative assistants, and all 5 others pay less.

Albuquerque against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Albuquerque is #67 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside New Mexico, Chico and Bakersfield-Delano pay just above Albuquerque and Worcester and Medford just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Albuquerque. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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