Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the North Missouri nonmetro area

Pay in the North Missouri nonmetro area against Missouri and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the North Missouri nonmetro area earns $35,360–$44,690. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $47,340, 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 only $9,330 wide, against $11,000 across Missouri and $12,010 nationally: employers in the North Missouri nonmetro area 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 $6,730 over the median, the 25th only $2,600 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,684 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 the North Missouri nonmetro area, and the Missouri statewide median of $43,980 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in the North Missouri nonmetro area

At the $37,960 median, a local hire costs about $48,981 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,021 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 the North Missouri nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the North Missouri nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($39,360) and administrative assistants ($37,470). Project Coordinator is the highest at $76,590.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #4 of the 15 roles we track in the North Missouri nonmetro area (-17.4%), between bookkeepers (-17.1%) and recruiters (-18.2%). The typical role here is at -21.2%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in the North Missouri nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.0% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the North Missouri nonmetro area, 4.4% across Missouri and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $36,810 in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area to $45,620 in St. Louis, a gap of $8,810 a year. Of the 4 areas in Missouri with more medical administrative assistants than the North Missouri nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Springfield, MO ($37,150) and the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area ($36,810).

the North Missouri nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Missouri nonmetro area is #338 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Missouri, Panama City-Panama City Beach and Augusta-Richmond County pay just above the North Missouri nonmetro area and Bowling Green and Ocala just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the North Missouri nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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