Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Kennewick-Richland, WA

Pay in Kennewick-Richland against Washington and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Kennewick-Richland earns $47,220–$58,790. The top tenth earns $71,310 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 only $11,570 wide, against $14,330 across Washington and $12,010 nationally: employers in Kennewick-Richland 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 $8,010 over the median, the 25th only $3,560 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,335 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 10th and 25th percentiles in Kennewick-Richland, and the Washington statewide median of $58,100 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. 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 Kennewick-Richland

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 $14,743 to the $50,780 median and brings it to $65,523 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 Kennewick-Richland

Of the 16 roles we track in Kennewick-Richland, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($53,140) and customer support specialists ($45,380). Project Coordinator is the highest at $125,940.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in Kennewick-Richland (+10.6%), between accountants (+11.5%) and office managers (+8.8%). The typical role here is at +7.1%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Kennewick-Richland than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 3.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Kennewick-Richland, 3.2% across Washington and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $46,810 in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee to $60,350 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $13,540 a year. Of the 3 areas in Washington with more medical administrative assistants than Kennewick-Richland, 2 pay less: Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($49,200) and the Western Washington nonmetro area ($50,450).

Kennewick-Richland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Kennewick-Richland is #370 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Washington, Carson City and Los Angeles-Long Beach pay just above Kennewick-Richland and Bend and Fairbanks-College just below. All four are within $630 a year of the median in Kennewick-Richland. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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