Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area against Oregon and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area earns $43,450–$56,450. The top tenth earns $59,360 or more, 1.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $13,000 wide, wider than in Oregon as a whole ($12,860) and the US ($12,010), so what a medical administrative assistant earns in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $9,130 over the median, the 25th only $3,870 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,781 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 25th percentile and the median in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, and the Oregon statewide median of $50,130 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Oregon 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 $13,738 to the $47,320 median and brings it to $61,058 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 Oregon nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($48,420) and administrative assistants ($45,380). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,750.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #2 of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area (+3.0%), between office managers (+6.1%) and virtual receptionists (+1.4%). The typical role here is at -4.5%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 10.9% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, 8.9% across Oregon and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $46,100 in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area to $54,560 in Portland-Vancouver, a gap of $8,460 a year. Of the 6 areas in Oregon with more medical administrative assistants than the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Medford, OR ($47,230) and the Coast Oregon nonmetro area ($46,100).

the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area is #270 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 Oregon, Chico and Bakersfield-Delano pay just above the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area and Albuquerque and Worcester just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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