Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Binghamton, NY

Pay in Binghamton against New York and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Binghamton earns $38,720–$46,190. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $47,390, only 1.3 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($43,030) 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 $7,470 wide, against $12,150 across New York and $12,010 nationally: employers in Binghamton 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 $2,900 over it, while the 25th sits $4,570 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,742 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 median and the 75th percentile in Binghamton, and the New York statewide median of $47,710 falls above the 90th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Binghamton

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 $12,568 to the $43,290 median and brings it to $55,858 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 Binghamton

Of the 17 roles we track in Binghamton, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($45,280) and data entry specialists ($38,940). Project Coordinator is the highest at $106,580.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Binghamton (-5.7%), between executive assistants (-5.7%) and data entry specialists (-5.8%). The typical role here is at -2.6%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Binghamton than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Binghamton, 5.2% across New York and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in New York

Across the 15 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $38,140 in Watertown-Fort Drum to $49,230 in New York-Newark, a gap of $11,090 a year. Of the 10 areas in New York with more medical administrative assistants than Binghamton, 1 pays less: the Southwest New York nonmetro area ($40,190).

Binghamton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Binghamton is #256 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New York, Springfield and Sandusky pay just above Binghamton and Ogden and St. George just below. All four are within $210 a year of the median in Binghamton. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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