Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the West Kentucky nonmetro area

Pay in the West Kentucky nonmetro area against Kentucky and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $46,830, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the West Kentucky nonmetro area earns $31,440–$40,870. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,430 wide, against $10,010 across Kentucky and $12,010 nationally: employers in the West Kentucky nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $4,510 a year in pay and about $5,819 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $4,920 in pay. 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the West Kentucky nonmetro area, and the Kentucky statewide median of $38,750 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in the West Kentucky nonmetro area

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 $10,556 to the $36,360 median and brings it to $46,916 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 the West Kentucky nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the West Kentucky nonmetro area, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($37,490) and virtual receptionists ($31,360). Project Coordinator is the highest at $75,050.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the West Kentucky nonmetro area (-20.8%), between accountants (-18.6%) and recruiters (-22.0%). The typical role here is at -18.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 13.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the West Kentucky nonmetro area, 13.3% across Kentucky and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $35,300 in the East Kentucky nonmetro area to $44,450 in Lexington-Fayette, a gap of $9,150 a year. Of the 5 areas in Kentucky with more medical administrative assistants than the West Kentucky nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the East Kentucky nonmetro area ($35,300).

the West Kentucky nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Kentucky nonmetro area is #127 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Kentucky, McAllen-Edinburg and Lake Charles pay just above the West Kentucky nonmetro area and Auburn-Opelika and Mobile just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in the West Kentucky nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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