Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Pay in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area against Kentucky and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area earns $34,460–$43,880. The top tenth earns $47,840 or more, 1.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,420 wide, against $10,010 across Kentucky and $12,010 nationally: employers in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area 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 $7,160 over the median, the 25th only $2,260 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,239 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 the Central Kentucky nonmetro area, 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 the Central Kentucky nonmetro area

At the $36,720 median, a local hire costs about $47,381 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,661 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 the Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($37,200) and virtual receptionists ($29,680). Project Coordinator is the highest at $76,260.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area (-20.1%), between customer support specialists (-16.9%) and paralegals (-21.1%). The typical role here is at -16.1%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 13.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area, 13.3% 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 3 areas in Kentucky with more medical administrative assistants than the Central Kentucky nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($36,690).

the Central Kentucky nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Kentucky nonmetro area is #81 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Kentucky, Jonesboro and Homosassa Springs pay just above the Central Kentucky nonmetro area and Johnson City and New Orleans-Metairie just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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