Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area

Pay in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area against Idaho and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $57,100 or more, 1.9 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area earns $36,700–$47,640. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $10,940 wide, between the figure for Idaho ($10,550) and the US figure ($12,010).

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $7,210 over the median, the 25th only $3,730 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,303 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area, and the Idaho statewide median of $44,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area

At the $40,430 median, a local hire costs about $52,168 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,738 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-Central Idaho nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($40,900) and customer support specialists ($36,360). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,720.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area (-12.0%), between accountants (-10.0%) and administrative assistants (-14.0%). The typical role here is at -16.7%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area, 6.1% across Idaho and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Idaho

Across the 8 areas of Idaho with data for this job, the median runs from $40,370 in Pocatello to $47,750 in Coeur d'Alene, a gap of $7,380 a year. All 2 areas in Idaho with more medical administrative assistants than the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area also pay more, among them Boise City, ID ($45,170) and Idaho Falls, ID ($44,370).

the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area is #306 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Idaho, Muncie and Casper pay just above the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area and Midland and Palm Bay-Melbourne just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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