Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ

Pay in Allentown-Bethlehem against Pennsylvania and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $56,610, 1.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Allentown-Bethlehem earns $40,130–$48,670. The mean ($46,000) 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 $8,540 wide, against $9,510 across Pennsylvania and $12,010 nationally: employers in Allentown-Bethlehem 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 $2,490 over it, while the 25th sits $6,050 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,213 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 Allentown-Bethlehem, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $44,930 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Allentown-Bethlehem

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 $13,407 to the $46,180 median and brings it to $59,587 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 Allentown-Bethlehem

Of the 17 roles we track in Allentown-Bethlehem, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($47,080) and customer support specialists ($44,160). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,050.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Allentown-Bethlehem (+0.5%), between HR assistants (+2.5%) and payroll specialists (-0.8%). The typical role here is at -3.0%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Allentown-Bethlehem than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Allentown-Bethlehem, 4.8% across Pennsylvania and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $38,230 in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area to $47,120 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $8,890 a year. Of the 2 areas in Pennsylvania with more medical administrative assistants than Allentown-Bethlehem, 1 pays less: Pittsburgh, PA ($44,260).

Allentown-Bethlehem against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Allentown-Bethlehem is #88 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 Pennsylvania, Janesville-Beloit and Columbus pay just above Allentown-Bethlehem and Cincinnati and Champaign-Urbana just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Allentown-Bethlehem. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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