Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

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

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area earns $36,800–$44,310. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $50,060, only 1.5 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 $7,510 wide, against $9,510 across Pennsylvania and $12,010 nationally: employers in the Northwestern Pennsylvania 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 $4,570 over the median, the 25th only $2,940 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $5,897 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 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $44,930 falls there too. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

At the $39,740 median, a local hire costs about $51,277 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,537 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 Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($44,820) and customer support specialists ($39,370). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,080.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area (-13.5%), between customer support specialists (-12.1%) and office managers (-14.9%). The typical role here is at -14.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 4.8% across Pennsylvania and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $38,230 in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area to $47,120 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $8,890 a year. All 9 areas in Pennsylvania with more medical administrative assistants than the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area also pay more, among them Philadelphia-Camden, PA-NJ ($47,120) and Pittsburgh, PA ($44,260).

the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area is #246 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Jackson and Blacksburg-Christiansburg pay just above the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area and Toledo and Michigan City-La Porte just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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