Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Idaho Falls, ID

Pay in Idaho Falls against Idaho and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Idaho Falls earns $37,390–$48,070. The top tenth earns $57,060 or more, 1.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. The mean ($43,830) 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 $10,680 wide, between the figure for Idaho ($10,550) and the US figure ($12,010).

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $3,700 over it, while the 25th sits $6,980 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $4,774 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 Idaho Falls, and the Idaho statewide median of $44,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Idaho Falls

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 $12,882 to the $44,370 median and brings it to $57,252 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 Idaho Falls

Of the 15 roles we track in Idaho Falls, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between paralegals ($46,640) and data entry specialists ($42,040). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,250.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #3 of the 15 roles we track in Idaho Falls (-3.4%), between project coordinators (-0.1%) and bookkeepers (-6.6%). The typical role here is at -14.5%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Idaho Falls than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 7.9% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Idaho Falls, 6.1% across Idaho and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Idaho

Across the 8 areas of Idaho with data for this job, the median runs from $40,370 in Pocatello to $47,750 in Coeur d'Alene, a gap of $7,380 a year. The one area in Idaho with more medical administrative assistants, Boise City, ID ($45,170), also pays more.

Idaho Falls against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Idaho Falls is #262 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Idaho, Rochester and Staunton-Stuarts Draft pay just above Idaho Falls and Missoula and Richmond just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Idaho Falls. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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