Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area against California and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area earns $46,210–$58,990. The top tenth earns $62,680 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 $12,780 wide, between the figure for California ($16,740) 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 $9,400 over the median, the 25th only $3,380 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,129 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 the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, 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 the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California 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 $14,397 to the $49,590 median and brings it to $63,987 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 Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($50,900) and customer support specialists ($48,260). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,670.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #3 of the 14 roles we track in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area (+8.0%), between virtual receptionists (+8.8%) and customer support specialists (+7.8%). The typical role here is at +0.9%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 8.0% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, 7.1% across California and 6.2% 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. Of the 23 areas in California with more medical administrative assistants than the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, 8 pay less, the largest of them Fresno, CA ($48,120), Bakersfield-Delano, CA ($47,430) and Stockton-Lodi, CA ($47,950).

the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area is #376 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, Boulder and Burlington-South Burlington pay just above the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area and Honolulu and Grants Pass just below. All four are within $310 a year of the median in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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