Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Pensacola-Ferry Pass, FL

Pay in Pensacola-Ferry Pass against Florida and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Pensacola-Ferry Pass earns $36,250–$46,220. The top tenth earns $53,600 or more, 1.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $9,970 wide, between the figure for Florida ($9,730) 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 $7,470 over the median, the 25th only $2,500 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,639 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 median and the 75th percentile in Pensacola-Ferry Pass, and the Florida statewide median of $41,730 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Pensacola-Ferry Pass

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $11,250 to the $38,750 median and brings it to $50,000 a year. 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass

Of the 16 roles we track in Pensacola-Ferry Pass, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($40,240) and virtual receptionists ($35,690). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,670.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in Pensacola-Ferry Pass (-15.6%), between recruiters (-12.7%) and payroll specialists (-17.1%). The typical role here is at -9.7%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Pensacola-Ferry Pass than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 10.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Pensacola-Ferry Pass, 8.3% across Florida and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $36,790 in Homosassa Springs to $45,960 in Gainesville, a gap of $9,170 a year. Of the 9 areas in Florida with more medical administrative assistants than Pensacola-Ferry Pass, 1 pays less: Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL ($38,300).

Pensacola-Ferry Pass against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Pensacola-Ferry Pass is #90 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 Florida, Hot Springs and Amarillo pay just above Pensacola-Ferry Pass and Goldsboro and Las Cruces just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Pensacola-Ferry Pass. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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