Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Bridgeport-Stamford, CT

Pay in Bridgeport-Stamford against Connecticut and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Bridgeport-Stamford earns $47,840–$58,840. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $63,990, 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 only $11,000 wide, against $11,380 across Connecticut and $12,010 nationally: employers in Bridgeport-Stamford 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 $8,750 over the median, the 25th only $2,250 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,290 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 below the 10th percentile in Bridgeport-Stamford, and the Connecticut statewide median of $48,500 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what nine in ten local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Bridgeport-Stamford

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 $14,542 to the $50,090 median and brings it to $64,632 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 Bridgeport-Stamford

Of the 17 roles we track in Bridgeport-Stamford, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between HR assistants ($57,200) and customer support specialists ($49,970). Project Coordinator is the highest at $109,990.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Bridgeport-Stamford (+9.1%), between payroll specialists (+9.9%) and project coordinators (+7.5%). The typical role here is at +12.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 3.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Bridgeport-Stamford, 3.6% across Connecticut and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Connecticut

Across the 6 areas of Connecticut with data for this job, the median runs from $47,470 in Hartford-West Hartford to $51,610 in Norwich-New London, a gap of $4,140 a year. The one area in Connecticut with more medical administrative assistants, Hartford-West Hartford, CT ($47,470), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Bridgeport-Stamford against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bridgeport-Stamford is #113 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Connecticut, Iowa City and Vineland pay just above Bridgeport-Stamford and Burlington-South Burlington and Boulder just below. All four are within $200 a year of the median in Bridgeport-Stamford. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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