Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area against Oklahoma and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $50,470, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area earns $32,080–$43,570. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $11,490 wide, between the figure for Oklahoma ($10,350) 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 $7,680 over the median, the 25th only $3,810 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,910 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 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $38,330 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 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area

At the $35,890 median, a local hire costs about $46,310 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,420 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 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($36,140) and virtual receptionists ($32,130). Accountant is the highest at $83,990.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area (-21.9%), between administrative assistants (-20.6%) and payroll specialists (-24.4%). The typical role here is at -19.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 4.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, 4.8% across Oklahoma and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $34,690 in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area to $38,980 in Tulsa, a gap of $4,290 a year. All 3 areas in Oklahoma with more medical administrative assistants than the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area also pay more, among them Oklahoma City, OK ($38,870) and Tulsa, OK ($38,980).

the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area is #343 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 Oklahoma, Monroe and Hinesville pay just above the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area and Fort Smith and Eagle Pass just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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