Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA

Pay in Blacksburg-Christiansburg against Virginia and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Blacksburg-Christiansburg earns $38,270–$46,420. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $49,550, only 1.3 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 only $8,150 wide, against $9,220 across Virginia and $12,010 nationally: employers in Blacksburg-Christiansburg 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 $6,600 over the median, the 25th only $1,550 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,516 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 median and the 75th percentile in Blacksburg-Christiansburg, and the Virginia statewide median of $46,180 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg

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 $11,561 to the $39,820 median and brings it to $51,381 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg

Of the 16 roles we track in Blacksburg-Christiansburg, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($44,100) and customer support specialists ($37,430). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,070.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #9 of the 16 roles we track in Blacksburg-Christiansburg (-13.3%), between executive assistants (-12.9%) and office managers (-13.7%). The typical role here is at -13.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.4% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Blacksburg-Christiansburg, 7.1% across Virginia and 6.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $37,270 in Roanoke to $46,130 in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area, a gap of $8,860 a year. Of the 8 areas in Virginia with more medical administrative assistants than Blacksburg-Christiansburg, 1 pays less: Roanoke, VA ($37,270).

Blacksburg-Christiansburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Blacksburg-Christiansburg is #389 of 514 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Virginia, Altoona and Memphis pay just above Blacksburg-Christiansburg and Jackson and Toledo just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Blacksburg-Christiansburg. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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