Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Anniston-Oxford, AL

Pay in Anniston-Oxford against Alabama and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Anniston-Oxford earns $30,810–$42,980. The top tenth earns $51,080 or more, 1.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $12,170 wide, wider than in Alabama as a whole ($11,190) and the US ($12,010), so what a medical administrative assistant earns in Anniston-Oxford depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $7,810 over the median, the 25th only $4,360 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,077 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 $45,930 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles in Anniston-Oxford, and the Alabama statewide median of $36,930 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Anniston-Oxford

At the $35,170 median, a local hire costs about $45,381 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,211 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 Anniston-Oxford

Of the 11 roles we track in Anniston-Oxford, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($36,190) and virtual receptionists ($31,900). Accountant is the highest at $66,260.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #8 of the 11 roles we track in Anniston-Oxford (-23.4%), between office managers (-21.4%) and marketing specialists (-30.7%). The typical role here is at -20.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 10.1% of the jobs in these 11 roles in Anniston-Oxford, 8.0% across Alabama and 6.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 16 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $34,670 in Gadsden to $39,150 in Birmingham, a gap of $4,480 a year. Of the 14 areas in Alabama with more medical administrative assistants than Anniston-Oxford, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area ($34,690), the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area ($35,160) and the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area ($34,880).

Anniston-Oxford against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Anniston-Oxford is #368 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Alabama, Texarkana and Eagle Pass pay just above Anniston-Oxford and Houma-Bayou Cane and Valdosta just below. All four are within $580 a year of the median in Anniston-Oxford. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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