Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR

Pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock against Arkansas and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Little Rock-North Little Rock earns $36,200–$46,030. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $48,170, 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 $9,830 wide, between the figure for Arkansas ($7,520) and the US figure ($12,010).

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $6,400 over the median, the 25th only $3,430 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,258 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock, and the Arkansas statewide median of $37,000 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Little Rock-North Little Rock

At the $39,630 median, a local hire costs about $51,135 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,505 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock

Of the 17 roles we track in Little Rock-North Little Rock, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($44,470) and administrative assistants ($38,850). Project Coordinator is the highest at $73,480.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in Little Rock-North Little Rock (-13.7%), between bookkeepers (-12.2%) and customer support specialists (-14.8%). The typical role here is at -18.1%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Little Rock-North Little Rock than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 2.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Little Rock-North Little Rock, 2.0% across Arkansas and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $34,980 in the North Arkansas nonmetro area to $39,630 in Little Rock-North Little Rock, a gap of $4,650 a year. No other area in Arkansas has as many medical administrative assistants, and all 8 others pay less.

Little Rock-North Little Rock against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Little Rock-North Little Rock is #227 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Arkansas, Michigan City-La Porte and Toledo pay just above Little Rock-North Little Rock and Corpus Christi and Lubbock just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Little Rock-North Little Rock. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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