Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Punta Gorda, FL

Pay in Punta Gorda against Florida and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Punta Gorda earns $37,830–$46,220. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $52,650, only 1.4 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 $8,390 wide, against $9,730 across Florida and $12,010 nationally: employers in Punta Gorda 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 $6,230 over the median, the 25th only $2,160 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,039 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 Punta Gorda, and the Florida statewide median of $41,730 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Punta Gorda

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 $11,610 to the $39,990 median and brings it to $51,600 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 Punta Gorda

Of the 15 roles we track in Punta Gorda, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($43,670) and data entry specialists ($39,350). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,890.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #7 of the 15 roles we track in Punta Gorda (-12.9%), between accountants (-10.6%) and payroll specialists (-13.3%). The typical role here is at -13.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 12.5% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Punta Gorda, 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 18 areas in Florida with more medical administrative assistants than Punta Gorda, 9 pay less, the largest of them Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($39,520), Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL ($39,520) and Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL ($38,300).

Punta Gorda against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Punta Gorda is #231 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Wilmington and Spartanburg pay just above Punta Gorda and Greenville and Memphis just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Punta Gorda. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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