Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA

Pay in Spokane-Spokane Valley against Washington and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Spokane-Spokane Valley earns $46,740–$56,720. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $60,620, only 1.4 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,980 wide, against $14,330 across Washington and $12,010 nationally: employers in Spokane-Spokane Valley 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 $7,520 over the median, the 25th only $2,460 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,703 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 10th and 25th percentiles in Spokane-Spokane Valley, and the Washington statewide median of $58,100 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Spokane-Spokane Valley

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 $14,284 to the $49,200 median and brings it to $63,484 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 Spokane-Spokane Valley

Of the 17 roles we track in Spokane-Spokane Valley, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($49,550) and customer support specialists ($46,790). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,840.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in Spokane-Spokane Valley (+7.1%), between payroll specialists (+8.8%) and HR assistants (+4.8%). The typical role here is at +4.0%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Spokane-Spokane Valley than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 4.7% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Spokane-Spokane Valley, 3.2% across Washington and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $46,810 in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee to $60,350 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $13,540 a year. The one area in Washington with more medical administrative assistants, Seattle-Tacoma, WA ($60,350), also pays more.

Spokane-Spokane Valley against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Spokane-Spokane Valley is #152 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Washington, New York-Newark and Grants Pass pay just above Spokane-Spokane Valley and Trenton-Princeton and Mankato just below. All four are within $230 a year of the median in Spokane-Spokane Valley. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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