Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the East Kentucky nonmetro area

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

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the East Kentucky nonmetro area earns $30,200–$37,900. The top tenth earns $44,970 or more, 1.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. The mean ($35,100) 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 $7,700 wide, against $10,010 across Kentucky and $12,010 nationally: employers in the East Kentucky nonmetro area 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 $2,600 over it, while the 25th sits $5,100 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,355 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 above the 90th percentile in the East Kentucky nonmetro area, and the Kentucky statewide median of $38,750 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles. An offer at the national rate would beat what nine in ten local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in the East Kentucky nonmetro area

At the $35,300 median, a local hire costs about $45,548 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,248 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 East Kentucky nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the East Kentucky nonmetro area, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($35,530) and virtual receptionists ($29,640). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,100.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #10 of the 16 roles we track in the East Kentucky nonmetro area (-23.1%), between accountants (-23.0%) and project coordinators (-23.7%). The typical role here is at -22.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 23.1% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the East 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. All 4 areas in Kentucky with more medical administrative assistants than the East Kentucky nonmetro area also pay more, among them Louisville, KY-IN ($44,430) and Lexington-Fayette, KY ($44,450).

the East Kentucky nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East Kentucky nonmetro area is #87 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, Texarkana and Florence-Muscle Shoals pay just above the East Kentucky nonmetro area and Anniston-Oxford and Houma-Bayou Cane just below. All four are within $210 a year of the median in the East Kentucky nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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