Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Pay in Salt Lake City-Murray against Utah and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $60,660, 1.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Salt Lake City-Murray earns $39,410–$51,170. The mean ($46,940) 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 $11,760 wide, between the figure for Utah ($11,760) and the US figure ($12,010).

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $4,220 over it, while the 25th sits $7,540 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $5,445 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 25th percentile and the median in Salt Lake City-Murray, and the Utah statewide median of $44,330 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Salt Lake City-Murray

At the $46,950 median, a local hire costs about $60,581 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,631 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 Salt Lake City-Murray

Of the 17 roles we track in Salt Lake City-Murray, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($47,560) and customer support specialists ($45,410). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,000.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in Salt Lake City-Murray (+2.2%), between paralegals (+2.8%) and customer support specialists (+1.4%). The typical role here is at -1.9%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Salt Lake City-Murray than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 2.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, 2.7% across Utah and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $39,960 in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area to $46,950 in Salt Lake City-Murray, a gap of $6,990 a year. No other area in Utah has as many medical administrative assistants, and all 6 others pay less.

Salt Lake City-Murray against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Salt Lake City-Murray is #79 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 Utah, Cheyenne and Reno pay just above Salt Lake City-Murray and Durham-Chapel Hill and Providence-Warwick just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Salt Lake City-Murray. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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