Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $50,740, 1.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $33,810–$44,900. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $11,090 wide, between the figure for Texas ($10,680) 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 $7,940 over the median, the 25th only $3,150 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,245 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 Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $42,910 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 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area

At the $36,960 median, a local hire costs about $47,690 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,730 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 Region of Texas nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($37,380) and data entry specialists ($36,580). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,960.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #14 of the 16 roles we track in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area (-19.5%), between executive assistants (-19.0%) and marketing specialists (-21.5%). The typical role here is at -15.4%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 3.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 5.0% across Texas and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $35,340 in Texarkana to $46,510 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $11,170 a year. Of the 21 areas in Texas with more medical administrative assistants than the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 2 pay less: McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($36,370) and El Paso, TX ($36,790).

the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area is #313 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 Texas, Florence and Monroe pay just above the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area and Elizabethtown and Enid just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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