Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Kahului-Wailuku, HI

Pay in Kahului-Wailuku against Hawaii and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Kahului-Wailuku earns $49,240–$55,920. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $58,670, only 1.3 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($52,330) 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 $6,680 wide, against $9,630 across Hawaii and $12,010 nationally: employers in Kahului-Wailuku pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $3,350 a year in pay and about $4,323 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $3,330 in pay. 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 10th and 25th percentiles in Kahului-Wailuku, and the Hawaii statewide median of $49,920 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Kahului-Wailuku

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 $15,262 to the $52,570 median and brings it to $67,832 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 Kahului-Wailuku

Of the 15 roles we track in Kahului-Wailuku, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($53,540) and HR assistants ($51,530). Executive Assistant is the highest at $84,330.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #4 of the 15 roles we track in Kahului-Wailuku (+14.5%), between virtual receptionists (+15.0%) and customer support specialists (+11.1%). The typical role here is at +7.3%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Kahului-Wailuku than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 4.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Kahului-Wailuku, 4.0% across Hawaii and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Hawaii

Across the 3 areas of Hawaii with data for this job, the median runs from $47,660 in the Hawaii-Kauai nonmetro area to $52,570 in Kahului-Wailuku, a gap of $4,910 a year. The one area in Hawaii with more medical administrative assistants, Honolulu, HI ($49,460), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Kahului-Wailuku against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Kahului-Wailuku is #404 of 514 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Hawaii, Olympia-Lacey and Portland-Vancouver pay just above Kahului-Wailuku and Barnstable Town and Minneapolis-St. Paul just below. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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