Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area

Pay in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area earns $36,680–$45,140. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $48,540, only 1.4 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 $8,460 wide, against $9,510 across North Carolina and $12,010 nationally: employers in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area 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 $6,390 over the median, the 25th only $2,070 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,245 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area, and the North Carolina statewide median of $44,190 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 Western North Carolina nonmetro area

At the $38,750 median, a local hire costs about $50,000 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,250 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 Western North Carolina nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($41,410) and data entry specialists ($37,850). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,200.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area (-15.6%), between administrative assistants (-12.9%) and recruiters (-16.1%). The typical role here is at -15.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 11.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area, 10.9% across North Carolina and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $37,600 in Fayetteville to $46,860 in Durham-Chapel Hill, a gap of $9,260 a year. Of the 9 areas in North Carolina with more medical administrative assistants than the Western North Carolina nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area ($37,860) and the Central North Carolina nonmetro area ($38,140).

the Western North Carolina nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western North Carolina nonmetro area is #73 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside North Carolina, Pensacola-Ferry Pass and Hot Springs pay just above the Western North Carolina nonmetro area and Las Cruces and Wichita Falls just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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