Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the West Montana nonmetro area

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

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the West Montana nonmetro area earns $37,870–$46,040. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $49,650, only 1.4 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($42,730) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $8,170 wide, against $8,770 across Montana and $12,010 nationally: employers in the West Montana nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $2,960 over it, while the 25th sits $5,210 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,819 more a year with benefits. 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 the West Montana nonmetro area, and the Montana statewide median of $43,740 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the West Montana nonmetro area

At the $43,080 median, a local hire costs about $55,587 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,507 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 the West Montana nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the West Montana nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($43,420) and administrative assistants ($40,340). Project Coordinator is the highest at $75,940.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #3 of the 14 roles we track in the West Montana nonmetro area (-6.2%), between virtual receptionists (-5.3%) and bookkeepers (-7.6%). The typical role here is at -14.7%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in the West Montana nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 13.6% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the West Montana nonmetro area, 10.6% across Montana and 6.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Montana

Across the 8 areas of Montana with data for this job, the median runs from $40,200 in the East-Central Montana nonmetro area to $47,500 in Bozeman, a gap of $7,300 a year. No other area in Montana has as many medical administrative assistants, and 2 of the other 7 pay less.

the West Montana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Montana nonmetro area is #181 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Montana, St. George and Ogden pay just above the West Montana nonmetro area and Lynchburg and Bay City just below. All four are within $260 a year of the median in the West Montana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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