Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Bowling Green, KY

Pay in Bowling Green against Kentucky and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $46,730, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Bowling Green earns $35,520–$43,700. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $8,180 wide, against $10,010 across Kentucky and $12,010 nationally: employers in Bowling Green 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 $5,760 over the median, the 25th only $2,420 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $7,432 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 Bowling Green, and the Kentucky statewide median of $38,750 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 Bowling Green

At the $37,940 median, a local hire costs about $48,955 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,015 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 Bowling Green

Of the 15 roles we track in Bowling Green, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($37,970) and virtual receptionists ($31,750). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,300.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #11 of the 15 roles we track in Bowling Green (-17.4%), between virtual receptionists (-16.5%) and recruiters (-18.5%). The typical role here is at -15.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 14.9% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Bowling Green, 13.5% across Kentucky and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $35,300 in the East Kentucky nonmetro area to $44,450 in Lexington-Fayette, a gap of $9,150 a year. Of the 6 areas in Kentucky with more medical administrative assistants than Bowling Green, 4 pay less, the largest of them the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($36,690), the Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($36,720) and the East Kentucky nonmetro area ($35,300).

Bowling Green against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bowling Green is #160 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 Kentucky, Panama City-Panama City Beach and Augusta-Richmond County pay just above Bowling Green and Ocala and Pinehurst-Southern Pines just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Bowling Green. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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