Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ

Pay in Lake Havasu City-Kingman against Arizona and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Lake Havasu City-Kingman earns $38,480–$46,520. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $48,790, only 1.3 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($43,130) 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 $8,040 wide, against $12,170 across Arizona and $12,010 nationally: employers in Lake Havasu City-Kingman pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $2,260 over it, while the 25th sits $5,780 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $2,916 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 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, and the Arizona statewide median of $45,820 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lake Havasu City-Kingman

At the $44,260 median, a local hire costs about $57,110 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,850 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 Lake Havasu City-Kingman

Of the 15 roles we track in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($45,590) and administrative assistants ($41,140). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,400.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 15 roles we track in Lake Havasu City-Kingman (-3.6%); marketing specialists come last (-34.5%). The typical role here is at -16.5%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Lake Havasu City-Kingman than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 10.2% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, 5.2% across Arizona and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arizona

Across the 8 areas of Arizona with data for this job, the median runs from $38,160 in Sierra Vista-Douglas to $47,110 in Flagstaff, a gap of $8,950 a year. Of the 3 areas in Arizona with more medical administrative assistants than Lake Havasu City-Kingman, 2 pay less: Tucson, AZ ($41,610) and Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ ($40,900).

Lake Havasu City-Kingman against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lake Havasu City-Kingman is #302 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Arizona, State College and Richmond pay just above Lake Havasu City-Kingman and Pittsburgh and Midland just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Lake Havasu City-Kingman. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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