Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Salisbury, MD

Pay in Salisbury against Maryland and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $55,200, 1.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Salisbury earns $36,340–$45,180. The mean ($43,230) 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 $8,840 wide, against $12,230 across Maryland and $12,010 nationally: employers in Salisbury 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 $1,470 over it, while the 25th sits $7,370 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $1,897 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Salisbury, and the Maryland statewide median of $47,850 falls there too. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Salisbury

At the $43,710 median, a local hire costs about $56,400 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,690 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 Salisbury

Of the 15 roles we track in Salisbury, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($47,140) and customer support specialists ($37,260). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,400.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #6 of the 15 roles we track in Salisbury (-4.8%), between virtual receptionists (-4.7%) and office managers (-7.4%). The typical role here is at -8.8%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Salisbury than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 9.2% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Salisbury, 5.7% across Maryland and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Maryland

Across the 5 areas of Maryland with data for this job, the median runs from $41,660 in Hagerstown-Martinsburg to $47,680 in Baltimore-Columbia, a gap of $6,020 a year. All 2 areas in Maryland with more medical administrative assistants than Salisbury also pay more, among them Baltimore-Columbia, MD ($47,680) and the Maryland nonmetro area ($44,590).

Salisbury against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Salisbury is #285 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Maryland, Billings and Tampa-St. Petersburg pay just above Salisbury and Helena and Harrisonburg just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Salisbury. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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