Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Pay in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area against Kentucky and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $46,700, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area earns $33,980–$43,530. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,550 wide, against $10,010 across Kentucky and $12,010 nationally: employers in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $6,840 over the median, the 25th only $2,710 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,826 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, and the Kentucky statewide median of $38,750 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area

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 $10,652 to the $36,690 median and brings it to $47,342 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 the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($36,890) and data entry specialists ($32,950). Project Coordinator is the highest at $73,850.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area (-20.1%), between administrative assistants (-18.7%) and data entry specialists (-20.3%). The typical role here is at -20.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 16.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, 13.3% across Kentucky and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $35,300 in the East Kentucky nonmetro area to $44,450 in Lexington-Fayette, a gap of $9,150 a year. All 2 areas in Kentucky with more medical administrative assistants than the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area also pay more, among them Louisville, KY-IN ($44,430) and Lexington-Fayette, KY ($44,450).

the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area is #64 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Kentucky, Jonesboro and Homosassa Springs pay just above the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area and Johnson City and New Orleans-Metairie just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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