Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Helena, MT

Pay in Helena against Montana and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Helena earns $38,110–$45,880. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $50,860, only 1.5 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($42,930) 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 $7,770 wide, against $8,770 across Montana and $12,010 nationally: employers in Helena 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 $2,290 over it, while the 25th sits $5,480 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $2,955 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Helena, and the Montana statewide median of $43,740 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 Helena

At the $43,590 median, a local hire costs about $56,245 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,655 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 Helena

Of the 14 roles we track in Helena, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($45,870) and virtual receptionists ($38,320). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,970.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #8 of the 14 roles we track in Helena (-5.1%), between administrative assistants (+0.3%) and office managers (-8.3%). The typical role here is at -2.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 8.4% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Helena, 10.7% across Montana and 6.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Montana

Across the 8 areas of Montana with data for this job, the median runs from $40,200 in the East-Central Montana nonmetro area to $47,500 in Bozeman, a gap of $7,300 a year. Of the 5 areas in Montana with more medical administrative assistants than Helena, 2 pay less: the West Montana nonmetro area ($43,080) and the East-Central Montana nonmetro area ($40,200).

Helena against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Helena is #378 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Montana, Salisbury and Tampa-St. Petersburg pay just above Helena and Harrisonburg and Utica-Rome just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in Helena. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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