Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area

Pay in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area against Alabama and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $47,350, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area earns $30,010–$38,530. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $8,520 wide, against $11,190 across Alabama and $12,010 nationally: employers in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area 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 $3,370 over it, while the 25th sits $5,150 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $4,348 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 the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area, and the Alabama statewide median of $36,930 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 Southeast Alabama nonmetro area

At the $35,160 median, a local hire costs about $45,368 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,208 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 Southeast Alabama nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between paralegals ($35,790) and virtual receptionists ($29,670). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,300.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #12 of the 15 roles we track in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area (-23.4%), between virtual receptionists (-21.9%) and payroll specialists (-26.6%). The typical role here is at -21.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 7.0% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area, 7.7% across Alabama and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 16 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $34,670 in Gadsden to $39,150 in Birmingham, a gap of $4,480 a year. Of the 10 areas in Alabama with more medical administrative assistants than the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area ($34,690).

the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area is #318 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Alabama, Texarkana and Eagle Pass pay just above the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area and Houma-Bayou Cane and Valdosta just below. All four are within $590 a year of the median in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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