Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area against New Mexico and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area earns $36,960–$47,150. The top tenth earns $53,860 or more, 1.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $10,190 wide, against $10,580 across New Mexico and $12,010 nationally: employers in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $5,230 a year in pay and about $6,748 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $4,960 in pay. 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 the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, and the New Mexico statewide median of $44,230 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area

At the $41,920 median, a local hire costs about $54,090 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,170 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 Northern New Mexico nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between HR assistants ($46,850) and customer support specialists ($36,870). Project Coordinator is the highest at $157,300.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #13 of the 15 roles we track in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area (-8.7%), between virtual receptionists (-8.1%) and office managers (-14.3%). The typical role here is at -5.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 3.5% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, 4.8% across New Mexico and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Mexico

Across the 6 areas of New Mexico with data for this job, the median runs from $38,540 in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area to $47,310 in Albuquerque, a gap of $8,770 a year. Of the 4 areas in New Mexico with more medical administrative assistants than the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area ($38,540) and Las Cruces, NM ($38,690).

the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area is #407 of 514 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside New Mexico, Provo-Orem and Columbus pay just above the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area and Columbia and Sioux City just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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