Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Reno, NV

Pay in Reno against Nevada and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $62,690, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Reno earns $40,610–$51,290. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $10,680 wide, between the figure for Nevada ($9,110) and the US figure ($12,010).

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $4,300 a year in pay and about $5,548 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,380 in pay. 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 25th percentile and the median in Reno, and the Nevada statewide median of $46,990 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Reno

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 $13,642 to the $46,990 median and brings it to $60,632 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 Reno

Of the 17 roles we track in Reno, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($48,310) and customer support specialists ($43,930). Project Coordinator is the highest at $99,500.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Reno (+2.3%), between payroll specialists (+2.5%) and sales development representatives (+1.7%). The typical role here is at -1.9%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Reno than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 4.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Reno, 4.8% across Nevada and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Nevada

Across the 4 areas of Nevada with data for this job, the median runs from $46,750 in Las Vegas-Henderson to $50,860 in Carson City, a gap of $4,110 a year. The one area in Nevada with more medical administrative assistants, Las Vegas-Henderson, NV ($46,750), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Reno against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Reno is #137 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Nevada, Green Bay and Santa Fe pay just above Reno and Cheyenne and Salt Lake City-Murray just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Reno. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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