Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area against Idaho and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $57,620, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area earns $37,790–$47,080. The mean ($44,250) 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 $9,290 wide, against $10,550 across Idaho and $12,010 nationally: employers in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area 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 $2,790 over it, while the 25th sits $6,500 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,600 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 the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area, and the Idaho statewide median of $44,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area

At the $44,290 median, a local hire costs about $57,148 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,858 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 Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area

Of the 13 roles we track in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between paralegals ($47,750) and administrative assistants ($42,350). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,590.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #2 of the 13 roles we track in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area (-3.6%), between virtual receptionists (-3.4%) and bookkeepers (-5.7%). The typical role here is at -15.3%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 7.3% of the jobs in these 13 roles in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area, 6.3% across Idaho and 6.4% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Idaho

Across the 8 areas of Idaho with data for this job, the median runs from $40,370 in Pocatello to $47,750 in Coeur d'Alene, a gap of $7,380 a year. Of the 4 areas in Idaho with more medical administrative assistants than the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area ($40,430).

the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area is #346 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Idaho, Richmond and Missoula pay just above the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area and State College and Lake Havasu City-Kingman just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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