Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Medford, OR

Pay in Medford against Oregon and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Medford earns $45,650–$57,340. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $59,980, only 1.5 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 $11,690 wide, against $12,860 across Oregon and $12,010 nationally: employers in Medford 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 $10,110 over the median, the 25th only $1,580 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,045 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 25th percentile and the median in Medford, and the Oregon statewide median of $50,130 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Medford

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $13,712 to the $47,230 median and brings it to $60,942 a year. 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 Medford

Of the 17 roles we track in Medford, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($48,310) and customer support specialists ($45,630). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,030.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Medford (+2.8%), between virtual receptionists (+6.9%) and customer support specialists (+1.9%). The typical role here is at -5.4%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Medford than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 13.9% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Medford, 8.9% across Oregon and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $46,100 in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area to $54,560 in Portland-Vancouver, a gap of $8,460 a year. All 4 areas in Oregon with more medical administrative assistants than Medford also pay more, among them Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA ($54,560) and Eugene-Springfield, OR ($48,380).

Medford against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Medford is #141 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Oregon, Worcester and Albuquerque pay just above Medford and Portland-South Portland and Sheboygan just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Medford. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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