Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Las Cruces, NM

Pay in Las Cruces against New Mexico and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Las Cruces earns $36,590–$44,230. The top tenth earns $54,320 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 $7,640 wide, against $10,580 across New Mexico and $12,010 nationally: employers in Las Cruces 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 $5,540 over the median, the 25th only $2,100 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $7,148 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 Las Cruces, and the New Mexico statewide median of $44,230 falls there too. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Las Cruces

At the $38,690 median, a local hire costs about $49,923 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,233 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 Las Cruces

Of the 14 roles we track in Las Cruces, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($41,030) and customer support specialists ($36,080). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,110.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #9 of the 14 roles we track in Las Cruces (-15.8%), between sales development representatives (-15.4%) and accountants (-19.4%). The typical role here is at -15.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.7% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Las Cruces, 4.9% across New Mexico and 6.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in New Mexico

Across the 6 areas of New Mexico with data for this job, the median runs from $38,540 in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area to $47,310 in Albuquerque, a gap of $8,770 a year. Of the 2 areas in New Mexico with more medical administrative assistants than Las Cruces, 1 pays less: the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area ($38,540).

Las Cruces against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Las Cruces is #284 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New Mexico, Goldsboro and Pensacola-Ferry Pass pay just above Las Cruces and Wichita Falls and Chattanooga just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Las Cruces. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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