Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Waterbury-Shelton, CT

Pay in Waterbury-Shelton against Connecticut and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Waterbury-Shelton earns $45,530–$51,410. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $60,840, only 1.5 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 $5,880 wide, against $11,380 across Connecticut and $12,010 nationally: employers in Waterbury-Shelton 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 $3,900 over the median, the 25th only $1,980 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $5,032 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 25th percentile and the median in Waterbury-Shelton, and the Connecticut statewide median of $48,500 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Waterbury-Shelton

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 $13,793 to the $47,510 median and brings it to $61,303 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 Waterbury-Shelton

Of the 17 roles we track in Waterbury-Shelton, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($50,460) and customer support specialists ($46,590). Project Coordinator is the highest at $99,990.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in Waterbury-Shelton (+3.4%), between customer support specialists (+4.1%) and HR assistants (+2.9%). The typical role here is at +5.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 3.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Waterbury-Shelton, 3.6% across Connecticut and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Connecticut

Across the 6 areas of Connecticut with data for this job, the median runs from $47,470 in Hartford-West Hartford to $51,610 in Norwich-New London, a gap of $4,140 a year. Of the 3 areas in Connecticut with more medical administrative assistants than Waterbury-Shelton, 1 pays less: Hartford-West Hartford, CT ($47,470).

Waterbury-Shelton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Waterbury-Shelton is #316 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 Connecticut, Redding and Appleton pay just above Waterbury-Shelton and Bozeman and Yakima just below. All four are within $10 a year of the median in Waterbury-Shelton. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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