Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Chico, CA

Pay in Chico against California and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Chico earns $45,960–$57,500. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $58,750, only 1.5 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 $11,540 wide, against $16,740 across California and $12,010 nationally: employers in Chico 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 $10,100 over the median, the 25th only $1,440 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,032 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 10th and 25th percentiles in Chico, and the California statewide median of $54,490 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Chico

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 $13,761 to the $47,400 median and brings it to $61,161 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 Chico

Of the 17 roles we track in Chico, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($49,670) and customer support specialists ($45,980). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,320.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Chico (+3.2%), between administrative assistants (+4.8%) and customer support specialists (+2.7%). The typical role here is at +0.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 10.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Chico, 6.9% across California and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $45,820 in El Centro to $69,350 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $23,530 a year. All 19 areas in California with more medical administrative assistants than Chico also pay more, among them Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA ($51,410) and San Francisco-Oakland, CA ($61,330).

Chico against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Chico is #251 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside California, Hartford-West Hartford and La Crosse-Onalaska pay just above Chico and Albuquerque and Worcester just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Chico. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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