Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC

Pay in Charlotte-Concord against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Charlotte-Concord earns $38,850–$48,120. The top tenth earns $57,190 or more, 1.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. The mean ($45,460) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,270 wide, against $9,510 across North Carolina and $12,010 nationally: employers in Charlotte-Concord 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 $2,470 over it, while the 25th sits $6,800 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,187 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 median and the 75th percentile in Charlotte-Concord, and the North Carolina statewide median of $44,190 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Charlotte-Concord

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 $13,253 to the $45,650 median and brings it to $58,903 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 Charlotte-Concord

Of the 17 roles we track in Charlotte-Concord, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($46,800) and customer support specialists ($44,980). Project Coordinator is the highest at $105,200.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in Charlotte-Concord (-0.6%), between bookkeepers (+0.3%) and payroll specialists (-1.0%). The typical role here is at +0.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 8.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Charlotte-Concord, 10.9% across North Carolina and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $37,600 in Fayetteville to $46,860 in Durham-Chapel Hill, a gap of $9,260 a year. No other area in North Carolina has as many medical administrative assistants, and 14 of the other 17 pay less.

Charlotte-Concord against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Charlotte-Concord is #14 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 North Carolina, Pueblo and Glens Falls pay just above Charlotte-Concord and Dallas-Fort Worth and St. Louis just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Charlotte-Concord. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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