Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Paducah, KY-IL

Pay in Paducah against Kentucky and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Paducah earns $36,340–$44,710. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $46,980, 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 $8,370 wide, against $10,010 across Kentucky and $12,010 nationally: employers in Paducah 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 $6,370 over the median, the 25th only $2,000 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,219 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 Paducah, and the Kentucky statewide median of $38,750 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 Paducah

At the $38,340 median, a local hire costs about $49,471 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,131 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 Paducah

Of the 15 roles we track in Paducah, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($41,820) and customer support specialists ($36,460). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,090.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #8 of the 15 roles we track in Paducah (-16.5%), between virtual receptionists (-15.5%) and office managers (-17.3%). The typical role here is at -16.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 16.9% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Paducah, 13.4% across Kentucky and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $35,300 in the East Kentucky nonmetro area to $44,450 in Lexington-Fayette, a gap of $9,150 a year. Of the 7 areas in Kentucky with more medical administrative assistants than Paducah, 5 pay less, the largest of them the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($36,690), the Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($36,720) and the East Kentucky nonmetro area ($35,300).

Paducah against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Paducah is #207 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Kentucky, Hickory-Lenoir and Knoxville pay just above Paducah and Hammond and Sebastian-Vero Beach just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Paducah. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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