Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Bend, OR

Pay in Bend against Oregon and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Bend earns $47,550–$59,840. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $60,630, only 1.4 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $12,290 wide, between the figure for Oregon ($12,860) and the US figure ($12,010).

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $9,200 over the median, the 25th only $3,090 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,871 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 10th and 25th percentiles in Bend, and the Oregon statewide median of $50,130 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Bend

At the $50,640 median, a local hire costs about $65,342 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,702 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 Bend

Of the 17 roles we track in Bend, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between HR assistants ($53,100) and administrative assistants ($49,890). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,280.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Bend (+10.3%), between virtual receptionists (+12.7%) and office managers (+9.4%). The typical role here is at +2.9%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Bend than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 12.5% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Bend, 8.9% across Oregon and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $46,100 in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area to $54,560 in Portland-Vancouver, a gap of $8,460 a year. Of the 3 areas in Oregon with more medical administrative assistants than Bend, 2 pay less: Eugene-Springfield, OR ($48,380) and Salem, OR ($48,920).

Bend against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bend is #132 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Oregon, Mount Vernon-Anacortes and Kennewick-Richland pay just above Bend and Fairbanks-College and Modesto just below. All four are within $390 a year of the median in Bend. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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