Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Killeen-Temple, TX

Pay in Killeen-Temple against Texas and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Killeen-Temple earns $36,600–$46,190. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $50,120, only 1.4 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,590 wide, against $10,680 across Texas and $12,010 nationally: employers in Killeen-Temple 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 $7,560 over the median, the 25th only $2,030 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,755 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 median and the 75th percentile in Killeen-Temple, and the Texas statewide median of $42,910 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Killeen-Temple

At the $38,630 median, a local hire costs about $49,845 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,215 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 Killeen-Temple

Of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($39,550) and customer support specialists ($38,280). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,120.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple (-15.9%), between office managers (-15.1%) and e-commerce order specialists (-19.9%). The typical role here is at -11.9%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Killeen-Temple than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Killeen-Temple, 5.0% across Texas and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $35,340 in Texarkana to $46,510 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $11,170 a year. Of the 13 areas in Texas with more medical administrative assistants than Killeen-Temple, 4 pay less, the largest of them McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($36,370), El Paso, TX ($36,790) and the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($37,600).

Killeen-Temple against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Killeen-Temple is #192 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Columbus and Chattanooga pay just above Killeen-Temple and Joplin and Cleveland just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Killeen-Temple. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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