Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area against New Mexico and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area earns $36,210–$47,050. The top tenth earns $53,550 or more, 1.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. The mean ($41,810) is 8% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $10,840 wide, between the figure for New Mexico ($10,580) and the US figure ($12,010).

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $8,510 over the median, the 25th only $2,330 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,981 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area, and the New Mexico statewide median of $44,230 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area

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 $11,189 to the $38,540 median and brings it to $49,729 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 the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($42,850) and customer support specialists ($36,750). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,810.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #12 of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area (-16.1%), between virtual receptionists (-12.9%) and customer support specialists (-17.9%). The typical role here is at -9.9%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 4.9% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area, 4.8% across New Mexico and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Mexico

Across the 6 areas of New Mexico with data for this job, the median runs from $38,540 in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area to $47,310 in Albuquerque, a gap of $8,770 a year. The one area in New Mexico with more medical administrative assistants, Albuquerque, NM ($47,310), also pays more.

the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area is #225 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New Mexico, Charleston and Macon-Bibb County pay just above the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area and Youngstown-Warren and Knoxville just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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