Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Hartford-West Hartford, CT

Pay in Hartford-West Hartford against Connecticut and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Hartford-West Hartford earns $45,370–$57,180. The top tenth earns $62,100 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 $11,810 wide, between the figure for Connecticut ($11,380) 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 $9,710 over the median, the 25th only $2,100 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,529 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 Hartford-West Hartford, and the Connecticut statewide median of $48,500 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Hartford-West Hartford

At the $47,470 median, a local hire costs about $61,252 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,782 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 Hartford-West Hartford

Of the 17 roles we track in Hartford-West Hartford, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($48,050) and virtual receptionists ($38,780). Project Coordinator is the highest at $105,720.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in Hartford-West Hartford (+3.4%), between executive assistants (+4.9%) and project coordinators (+3.3%). The typical role here is at +7.1%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Hartford-West Hartford than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 4.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Hartford-West Hartford, 3.6% across Connecticut and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Connecticut

Across the 6 areas of Connecticut with data for this job, the median runs from $47,470 in Hartford-West Hartford to $51,610 in Norwich-New London, a gap of $4,140 a year. No other area in Connecticut has as many medical administrative assistants, and none of the others pays less.

Hartford-West Hartford against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Hartford-West Hartford is #65 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Connecticut, La Crosse-Onalaska and Yakima pay just above Hartford-West Hartford and Bakersfield-Delano and Chico just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Hartford-West Hartford. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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