Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Johnson City, TN

Pay in Johnson City against Tennessee and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Johnson City earns $35,190–$44,090. The top tenth earns $47,130 or more, 1.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $8,900 wide, against $10,410 across Tennessee and $12,010 nationally: employers in Johnson City 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 $7,520 over the median, the 25th only $1,380 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,703 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 Johnson City, and the Tennessee statewide median of $39,940 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 Johnson City

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 $10,617 to the $36,570 median and brings it to $47,187 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 Johnson City

Of the 17 roles we track in Johnson City, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($36,570) and data entry specialists ($36,110). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,100.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in Johnson City (-20.4%), between paralegals (-19.8%) and payroll specialists (-20.8%). The typical role here is at -19.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 16.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Johnson City, 11.5% across Tennessee and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $36,230 in the East Tennessee nonmetro area to $45,570 in Nashville-Murfreesboro, a gap of $9,340 a year. All 6 areas in Tennessee with more medical administrative assistants than Johnson City also pay more, among them Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN ($45,570) and Memphis, TN-MS ($39,940).

Johnson City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Johnson City is #110 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Tennessee, Jonesboro and Homosassa Springs pay just above Johnson City and New Orleans-Metairie and Montgomery just below. All four are within $220 a year of the median in Johnson City. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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