Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Pay in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area against California and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area earns $45,340–$59,450. The top tenth earns $67,720 or more, 1.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $14,110 wide, between the figure for California ($16,740) 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 $10,590 over the median, the 25th only $3,520 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,665 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 the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, and the California statewide median of $54,490 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

At the $48,860 median, a local hire costs about $63,045 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,185 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 Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($50,800) and e-commerce order specialists ($45,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,540.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area (+6.4%), between payroll specialists (+8.5%) and data entry specialists (+6.2%). The typical role here is at +2.8%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, 6.9% across California and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $45,820 in El Centro to $69,350 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $23,530 a year. Of the 22 areas in California with more medical administrative assistants than the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, 7 pay less, the largest of them Fresno, CA ($48,120), Bakersfield-Delano, CA ($47,430) and Stockton-Lodi, CA ($47,950).

the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area is #312 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 California, Minot and Salem pay just above the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area and New Haven and Milwaukee-Waukesha just below. All four are within $300 a year of the median in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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