Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Pocatello, ID

Pay in Pocatello against Idaho and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $53,370, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Pocatello earns $36,270–$46,450. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $10,180 wide, against $10,550 across Idaho and $12,010 nationally: employers in Pocatello pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $4,100 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,080, or about $7,845 once benefits are added. 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 Pocatello, and the Idaho statewide median of $44,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Pocatello

At the $40,370 median, a local hire costs about $52,090 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,720 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 Pocatello

Of the 13 roles we track in Pocatello, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($43,990) and customer support specialists ($37,940). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,250.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #4 of the 13 roles we track in Pocatello (-12.1%), between bookkeepers (-10.3%) and customer support specialists (-15.3%). The typical role here is at -18.0%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Pocatello than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 7.9% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Pocatello, 6.2% across Idaho and 6.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Idaho

Across the 8 areas of Idaho with data for this job, the median runs from $40,370 in Pocatello to $47,750 in Coeur d'Alene, a gap of $7,380 a year. All 5 areas in Idaho with more medical administrative assistants than Pocatello also pay more, among them Boise City, ID ($45,170) and Idaho Falls, ID ($44,370).

Pocatello against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Pocatello is #396 of 514 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Idaho, Palm Bay-Melbourne and Midland pay just above Pocatello and Johnstown and Odessa just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Pocatello. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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