Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Omaha, NE-IA

Pay in Omaha against Nebraska and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Omaha earns $41,730–$48,680. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $57,070, 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 $6,950 wide, against $8,010 across Nebraska and $12,010 nationally: employers in Omaha 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 $2,340 over it, while the 25th sits $4,610 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,019 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 25th percentile and the median in Omaha, and the Nebraska statewide median of $46,100 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Omaha

At the $46,340 median, a local hire costs about $59,794 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,454 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 Omaha

Of the 17 roles we track in Omaha, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between HR assistants ($47,650) and e-commerce order specialists ($45,160). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,460.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in Omaha (+0.9%), between virtual receptionists (+1.9%) and administrative assistants (+0.5%). The typical role here is at -2.8%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Omaha than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 4.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Omaha, 4.1% across Nebraska and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Nebraska

Across the 6 areas of Nebraska with data for this job, the median runs from $44,580 in Grand Island to $46,340 in Omaha, a gap of $1,760 a year. No other area in Nebraska has as many medical administrative assistants, and all 5 others pay less.

Omaha against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Omaha is #80 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Nebraska, Winston-Salem and Atlanta-Sandy Springs pay just above Omaha and Columbus and Janesville-Beloit just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Omaha. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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