Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the South Nebraska nonmetro area

Pay in the South Nebraska nonmetro area against Nebraska and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $57,200, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the South Nebraska nonmetro area earns $38,750–$50,180. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $11,430 wide, between the figure for Nebraska ($8,010) and the US figure ($12,010).

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $5,070 a year in pay and about $6,542 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,360 in pay. 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 the South Nebraska nonmetro area, and the Nebraska statewide median of $46,100 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Nebraska nonmetro area

At the $45,110 median, a local hire costs about $58,206 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,096 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 the South Nebraska nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Nebraska nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between paralegals ($47,520) and e-commerce order specialists ($44,610). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,700.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in the South Nebraska nonmetro area (-1.8%), between data entry specialists (+0.7%) and e-commerce order specialists (-3.4%). The typical role here is at -14.8%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in the South Nebraska nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 4.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Nebraska nonmetro area, 4.1% across Nebraska and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Nebraska

Across the 6 areas of Nebraska with data for this job, the median runs from $44,580 in Grand Island to $46,340 in Omaha, a gap of $1,760 a year. All 2 areas in Nebraska with more medical administrative assistants than the South Nebraska nonmetro area also pay more, among them Omaha, NE-IA ($46,340) and Lincoln, NE ($45,830).

the South Nebraska nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Nebraska nonmetro area is #265 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Nebraska, Albany-Schenectady and Kansas City pay just above the South Nebraska nonmetro area and Gainesville and Miami-Fort Lauderdale just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the South Nebraska nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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