Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Midland, TX

Pay in Midland against Texas and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Midland earns $37,950–$46,290. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $53,990, only 1.5 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($43,210) 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 $8,340 wide, against $10,680 across Texas and $12,010 nationally: employers in Midland 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 $2,040 over it, while the 25th sits $6,300 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $2,632 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 Midland, and the Texas statewide median of $42,910 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Midland

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 $12,847 to the $44,250 median and brings it to $57,097 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 Midland

Of the 16 roles we track in Midland, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($44,890) and data entry specialists ($44,190). Accountant is the highest at $100,890.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #13 of the 16 roles we track in Midland (-3.7%), between virtual receptionists (-1.9%) and project coordinators (-4.1%). The typical role here is at +2.4%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Midland than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 3.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Midland, 5.1% across Texas and 6.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $35,340 in Texarkana to $46,510 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $11,170 a year. Of the 25 areas in Texas with more medical administrative assistants than Midland, 22 pay less, the largest of them Houston-Pasadena, TX ($44,210), San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX ($42,560) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($36,370).

Midland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Midland is #366 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Pittsburgh and Lake Havasu City-Kingman pay just above Midland and York-Hanover and Burlington just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Midland. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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