Medical Administrative Assistant salary in St. George, UT

Pay in St. George against Utah and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $56,430, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in St. George earns $36,620–$50,110. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $13,490 wide, wider than in Utah as a whole ($11,760) and the US ($12,010), so what a medical administrative assistant earns in St. George depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $6,530 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,960, or about $8,981 once benefits are added. 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 St. George, and the Utah statewide median of $44,330 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in St. George

At the $43,150 median, a local hire costs about $55,677 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,527 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

We place executive assistants, customer support and e-commerce staff today; for medical administrative assistants we answer within one business day whether we can help. Enter the monthly pay you have in mind to compare it with a local hire. The fee field shows our standard fee³; Deel's contractor plan is the default payroll tool⁴.

Other roles in St. George

Of the 15 roles we track in St. George, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($44,610) and customer support specialists ($41,600). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,300.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #2 of the 15 roles we track in St. George (-6.1%), between virtual receptionists (-5.1%) and administrative assistants (-6.2%). The typical role here is at -9.9%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in St. George than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 4.6% of the jobs in the 14 of these roles with a job count in St. George, 2.8% across Utah and 6.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $39,960 in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area to $46,950 in Salt Lake City-Murray, a gap of $6,990 a year. Of the 3 areas in Utah with more medical administrative assistants than St. George, 1 pays less: Provo-Orem, UT ($41,950).

St. George against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, St. George is #359 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Utah, Binghamton and Springfield pay just above St. George and Lynchburg and Bay City just below. All four are within $330 a year of the median in St. George. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

Questions

Sources

How these pages are built: methodology and data sources. Last updated 2026-11-12.