Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Lexington Park, MD

Pay in Lexington Park against Maryland and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $58,870, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Lexington Park earns $40,130–$55,140. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $15,010 wide, wider than in Maryland as a whole ($12,230) and the US ($12,010), so what a medical administrative assistant earns in Lexington Park depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $10,160 over the median, the 25th only $4,850 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,110 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 Lexington Park, and the Maryland statewide median of $47,850 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lexington Park

At the $44,980 median, a local hire costs about $58,039 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,059 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 Lexington Park

Of the 14 roles we track in Lexington Park, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($47,840) and virtual receptionists ($38,100). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,700.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #11 of the 14 roles we track in Lexington Park (-2.1%), between virtual receptionists (+0.2%) and marketing specialists (-6.9%). The typical role here is at +1.2%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Lexington Park than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 7.1% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Lexington Park, 5.7% across Maryland and 6.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Maryland

Across the 5 areas of Maryland with data for this job, the median runs from $41,660 in Hagerstown-Martinsburg to $47,680 in Baltimore-Columbia, a gap of $6,020 a year. Of the 3 areas in Maryland with more medical administrative assistants than Lexington Park, 2 pay less: the Maryland nonmetro area ($44,590) and Salisbury, MD ($43,710).

Lexington Park against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lexington Park is #329 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Maryland, Greeley and Fort Wayne pay just above Lexington Park and Naples-Marco Island and Williamsport just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Lexington Park. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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