Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, CA

Pay in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks against California and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $69,240, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks earns $45,860–$60,130. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $14,270 wide, between the figure for California ($16,740) 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 $10,330 over the median, the 25th only $3,940 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,329 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 25th percentile and the median in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, and the California statewide median of $54,490 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks

At the $49,800 median, a local hire costs about $64,258 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,458 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks

Of the 17 roles we track in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($54,170) and customer support specialists ($49,190). Project Coordinator is the highest at $104,990.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks (+8.4%), between data entry specialists (+9.4%) and accountants (+8.0%). The typical role here is at +8.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 9.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, 6.9% across California and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $45,820 in El Centro to $69,350 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $23,530 a year. Of the 7 areas in California with more medical administrative assistants than Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, 1 pays less: Fresno, CA ($48,120).

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Oxnard-Thousand Oaks is #69 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside California, Boulder and Burlington-South Burlington pay just above Oxnard-Thousand Oaks and Honolulu and Grants Pass just below. All four are within $370 a year of the median in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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