Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Salem, OR

Pay in Salem against Oregon and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $59,980, 1.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Salem earns $44,980–$57,580. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $12,600 wide, between the figure for Oregon ($12,860) and the US figure ($12,010).

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $8,660 over the median, the 25th only $3,940 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,174 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 25th percentile and the median in Salem, and the Oregon statewide median of $50,130 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Salem

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 $14,203 to the $48,920 median and brings it to $63,123 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 Salem

Of the 17 roles we track in Salem, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between HR assistants ($54,040) and customer support specialists ($47,790). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,730.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in Salem (+6.5%), between customer support specialists (+6.7%) and payroll specialists (+5.7%). The typical role here is at +5.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 7.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Salem, 8.8% across Oregon and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $46,100 in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area to $54,560 in Portland-Vancouver, a gap of $8,460 a year. Of the 2 areas in Oregon with more medical administrative assistants than Salem, 1 pays less: Eugene-Springfield, OR ($48,380).

Salem against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Salem is #120 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Oregon, Pittsfield and Mankato pay just above Salem and Minot and New Haven just below. All four are within $240 a year of the median in Salem. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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