Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

Pay in Buffalo-Cheektowaga against New York and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $57,680, 1.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Buffalo-Cheektowaga earns $39,610–$49,280. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,670 wide, against $12,150 across New York and $12,010 nationally: employers in Buffalo-Cheektowaga 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 $3,320 over it, while the 25th sits $6,350 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $4,284 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 25th percentile and the median in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, and the New York statewide median of $47,710 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Buffalo-Cheektowaga

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 $13,343 to the $45,960 median and brings it to $59,303 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga

Of the 17 roles we track in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($46,780) and customer support specialists ($45,520). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,180.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in Buffalo-Cheektowaga (+0.1%), between office managers (+0.7%) and data entry specialists (-0.6%). The typical role here is at -1.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, 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 2 areas in New York with more medical administrative assistants than Buffalo-Cheektowaga, 1 pays less: Rochester, NY ($44,380).

Buffalo-Cheektowaga against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Buffalo-Cheektowaga is #56 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside New York, Rockford and Indianapolis-Carmel pay just above Buffalo-Cheektowaga and Gainesville and Bloomington just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Buffalo-Cheektowaga. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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