Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Pueblo, CO

Pay in Pueblo against Colorado and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $56,380, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Pueblo earns $39,300–$48,670. The mean ($45,000) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,370 wide, against $9,470 across Colorado and $12,010 nationally: employers in Pueblo 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 $3,000 over it, while the 25th sits $6,370 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,871 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 median and the 75th percentile in Pueblo, and the Colorado statewide median of $46,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Pueblo

At the $45,670 median, a local hire costs about $58,929 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,259 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 Pueblo

Of the 16 roles we track in Pueblo, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($46,150) and e-commerce order specialists ($43,710). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,870.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #5 of the 16 roles we track in Pueblo (-0.6%), between project coordinators (-0.4%) and virtual receptionists (-1.9%). The typical role here is at -4.2%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Pueblo than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Pueblo, 3.6% across Colorado and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $44,140 in Grand Junction to $49,890 in Boulder, a gap of $5,750 a year. Of the 7 areas in Colorado with more medical administrative assistants than Pueblo, 4 pay less, the largest of them Colorado Springs, CO ($44,680), Fort Collins-Loveland, CO ($45,190) and the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area ($45,510).

Pueblo against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Pueblo is #374 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Colorado, Glens Falls and El Centro pay just above Pueblo and Charlotte-Concord and Dallas-Fort Worth just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Pueblo. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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