Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Baton Rouge, LA

Pay in Baton Rouge against Louisiana and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Baton Rouge earns $35,270–$45,170. The top tenth earns $52,820 or more, 1.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,900 wide, against $10,060 across Louisiana and $12,010 nationally: employers in Baton Rouge pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $6,890 over the median, the 25th only $3,010 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,890 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 Baton Rouge, and the Louisiana statewide median of $36,930 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Baton Rouge

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 $11,114 to the $38,280 median and brings it to $49,394 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 Baton Rouge

Of the 17 roles we track in Baton Rouge, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($38,370) and virtual receptionists ($33,750). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,650.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Baton Rouge (-16.7%), between project coordinators (-15.3%) and e-commerce order specialists (-16.9%). The typical role here is at -13.4%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Baton Rouge than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 1.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Baton Rouge, 1.7% across Louisiana and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Louisiana

Across the 13 areas of Louisiana with data for this job, the median runs from $34,460 in Alexandria to $38,320 in Hammond, a gap of $3,860 a year. All 2 areas in Louisiana with more medical administrative assistants than Baton Rouge pay less, among them Lafayette, LA ($37,710) and New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($36,560).

Baton Rouge against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Baton Rouge is #350 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 Louisiana, Deltona-Daytona Beach and Terre Haute pay just above Baton Rouge and Albany and Evansville just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Baton Rouge. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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