Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Coeur d'Alene, ID

Pay in Coeur d'Alene against Idaho and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $59,700, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Coeur d'Alene earns $40,490–$50,900. The mean ($47,490) 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 $10,410 wide, against $10,550 across Idaho and $12,010 nationally: employers in Coeur d'Alene 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 $3,150 over it, while the 25th sits $7,260 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $4,065 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 Coeur d'Alene, and the Idaho statewide median of $44,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Coeur d'Alene

At the $47,750 median, a local hire costs about $61,613 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,863 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 Coeur d'Alene

Of the 15 roles we track in Coeur d'Alene, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between paralegals ($50,140) and administrative assistants ($46,580). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,950.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #3 of the 15 roles we track in Coeur d'Alene (+4.0%), between payroll specialists (+7.1%) and virtual receptionists (-0.6%). The typical role here is at -11.5%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Coeur d'Alene than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 7.4% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Coeur d'Alene, 6.1% across Idaho and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Idaho

Across the 8 areas of Idaho with data for this job, the median runs from $40,370 in Pocatello to $47,750 in Coeur d'Alene, a gap of $7,380 a year. All 3 areas in Idaho with more medical administrative assistants than Coeur d'Alene pay less, among them Boise City, ID ($45,170) and Idaho Falls, ID ($44,370).

Coeur d'Alene against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Coeur d'Alene is #310 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 Idaho, Springfield and Denver-Aurora pay just above Coeur d'Alene and Racine-Mount Pleasant and Lewiston-Auburn just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Coeur d'Alene. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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