Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Goldsboro, NC

Pay in Goldsboro against North Carolina and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $47,460, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Goldsboro earns $36,140–$44,390. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $8,250 wide, against $9,510 across North Carolina and $12,010 nationally: employers in Goldsboro pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $5,700 over the median, the 25th only $2,550 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $7,355 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Goldsboro, and the North Carolina statewide median of $44,190 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Goldsboro

At the $38,690 median, a local hire costs about $49,923 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,233 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 Goldsboro

Of the 14 roles we track in Goldsboro, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($41,410) and virtual receptionists ($34,710). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,780.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #9 of the 14 roles we track in Goldsboro (-15.8%), between office managers (-14.0%) and marketing specialists (-17.5%). The typical role here is at -13.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 13.3% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Goldsboro, 11.1% across North Carolina and 6.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $37,600 in Fayetteville to $46,860 in Durham-Chapel Hill, a gap of $9,260 a year. Of the 16 areas in North Carolina with more medical administrative assistants than Goldsboro, 6 pay less, the largest of them the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area ($37,860), the Central North Carolina nonmetro area ($38,140) and Hickory-Lenoir, NC ($38,380).

Goldsboro against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Goldsboro is #327 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside North Carolina, Pensacola-Ferry Pass and Hot Springs pay just above Goldsboro and Las Cruces and Wichita Falls just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Goldsboro. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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