Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area against Colorado and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area earns $39,520–$48,510. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $52,310, only 1.4 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($45,450) 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 only $8,990 wide, against $9,470 across Colorado and $12,010 nationally: employers in the Southwest Colorado 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 $3,000 over it, while the 25th sits $5,990 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,871 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, and the Colorado statewide median of $46,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

At the $45,510 median, a local hire costs about $58,723 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,213 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 Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($46,590) and customer support specialists ($43,710). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,080.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area (-0.9%), between virtual receptionists (-0.4%) and HR assistants (-1.2%). The typical role here is at -2.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 5.7% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, 3.7% across Colorado and 6.3% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $44,140 in Grand Junction to $49,890 in Boulder, a gap of $5,750 a year. Of the 4 areas in Colorado with more medical administrative assistants than the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Colorado Springs, CO ($44,680) and Fort Collins-Loveland, CO ($45,190).

the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area is #281 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Colorado, Lebanon and Fargo pay just above the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area and North Port-Bradenton and Twin Falls just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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