Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Utica-Rome, NY

Pay in Utica-Rome against New York and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Utica-Rome earns $38,690–$47,160. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $48,620, only 1.3 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 $8,470 wide, against $12,150 across New York and $12,010 nationally: employers in Utica-Rome pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $4,880 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $3,590, or about $4,632 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 Utica-Rome, and the New York statewide median of $47,710 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in Utica-Rome

At the $43,570 median, a local hire costs about $56,219 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,649 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 Utica-Rome

Of the 17 roles we track in Utica-Rome, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($44,990) and data entry specialists ($38,910). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,430.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in Utica-Rome (-5.1%), between recruiters (-4.6%) and data entry specialists (-5.9%). The typical role here is at -4.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Utica-Rome, 5.2% across New York and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in New York

Across the 15 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $38,140 in Watertown-Fort Drum to $49,230 in New York-Newark, a gap of $11,090 a year. Of the 9 areas in New York with more medical administrative assistants than Utica-Rome, 1 pays less: the Southwest New York nonmetro area ($40,190).

Utica-Rome against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Utica-Rome is #235 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New York, Harrisonburg and Helena pay just above Utica-Rome and Gettysburg and Sandusky just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Utica-Rome. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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