Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Norwich-New London, CT

Pay in Norwich-New London against Connecticut and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $73,750, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Norwich-New London earns $46,270–$60,130. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $13,860 wide, wider than in Connecticut as a whole ($11,380) and the US ($12,010), so what a medical administrative assistant earns in Norwich-New London depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $8,520 over the median, the 25th only $5,340 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,994 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 10th and 25th percentiles in Norwich-New London, and the Connecticut statewide median of $48,500 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Norwich-New London

At the $51,610 median, a local hire costs about $66,594 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,984 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 Norwich-New London

Of the 16 roles we track in Norwich-New London, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between HR assistants ($53,030) and data entry specialists ($45,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $109,800.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #3 of the 16 roles we track in Norwich-New London (+12.4%), between bookkeepers (+13.5%) and data entry specialists (+10.7%). The typical role here is at +2.3%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Norwich-New London than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 4.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Norwich-New London, 3.6% across Connecticut and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Connecticut

Across the 6 areas of Connecticut with data for this job, the median runs from $47,470 in Hartford-West Hartford to $51,610 in Norwich-New London, a gap of $4,140 a year. All 3 areas in Connecticut with more medical administrative assistants than Norwich-New London pay less, among them Hartford-West Hartford, CT ($47,470) and Bridgeport-Stamford, CT ($50,090).

Norwich-New London against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Norwich-New London is #315 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Connecticut, San Diego-Chula Vista and Albany pay just above Norwich-New London and Boston-Cambridge and Los Angeles-Long Beach just below. All four are within $200 a year of the median in Norwich-New London. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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