Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Greeley, CO

Pay in Greeley against Colorado and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Greeley earns $39,360–$47,660. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $53,550, only 1.4 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($44,630) 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 $8,300 wide, against $9,470 across Colorado and $12,010 nationally: employers in Greeley 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 $2,680 over it, while the 25th sits $5,620 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,458 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 between the median and the 75th percentile in Greeley, and the Colorado statewide median of $46,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Greeley

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 $13,059 to the $44,980 median and brings it to $58,039 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 Greeley

Of the 17 roles we track in Greeley, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($45,310) and virtual receptionists ($38,960). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,950.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Greeley (-2.1%), between bookkeepers (+0.0%) and project coordinators (-4.3%). The typical role here is at +1.8%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Greeley than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 3.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Greeley, 3.6% across Colorado and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $44,140 in Grand Junction to $49,890 in Boulder, a gap of $5,750 a year. Of the 8 areas in Colorado with more medical administrative assistants than Greeley, 2 pay less: Colorado Springs, CO ($44,680) and Grand Junction, CO ($44,140).

Greeley against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Greeley is #383 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Colorado, Fort Wayne and Miami-Fort Lauderdale pay just above Greeley and Lexington Park and Naples-Marco Island just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Greeley. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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