Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Rochester, NY

Pay in Rochester against New York and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Rochester earns $39,260–$46,770. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $48,340, only 1.2 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($43,900) 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 $7,510 wide, against $12,150 across New York and $12,010 nationally: employers in Rochester 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 $2,390 over it, while the 25th sits $5,120 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,084 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 Rochester, and the New York statewide median of $47,710 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in Rochester

At the $44,380 median, a local hire costs about $57,265 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,885 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 Rochester

Of the 17 roles we track in Rochester, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($44,740) and data entry specialists ($39,400). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,520.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in Rochester (-3.4%), between accountants (-3.3%) and sales development representatives (-3.7%). The typical role here is at -2.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 8.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Rochester, 5.2% across New York and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 15 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $38,140 in Watertown-Fort Drum to $49,230 in New York-Newark, a gap of $11,090 a year. The one area in New York with more medical administrative assistants, New York-Newark, NY-NJ ($49,230), also pays more.

Rochester against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Rochester is #45 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 New York, Staunton-Stuarts Draft and Louisville pay just above Rochester and Idaho Falls and Missoula just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Rochester. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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