Medical Administrative Assistant salary in York-Hanover, PA

Pay in York-Hanover against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in York-Hanover earns $39,330–$46,260. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $51,860, only 1.4 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($44,220) 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 $6,930 wide, against $9,510 across Pennsylvania and $12,010 nationally: employers in York-Hanover 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 $2,010 over it, while the 25th sits $4,920 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $2,594 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 York-Hanover, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $44,930 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in York-Hanover

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 $12,847 to the $44,250 median and brings it to $57,097 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 York-Hanover

Of the 17 roles we track in York-Hanover, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($44,860) and customer support specialists ($42,420). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,170.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in York-Hanover (-3.7%), between project coordinators (-2.1%) and virtual receptionists (-4.2%). The typical role here is at -5.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in York-Hanover, 4.8% across Pennsylvania and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $38,230 in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area to $47,120 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $8,890 a year. Of the 6 areas in Pennsylvania with more medical administrative assistants than York-Hanover, 1 pays less: Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA ($44,060).

York-Hanover against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, York-Hanover is #191 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Midland and Lake Havasu City-Kingman pay just above York-Hanover and Houston-Pasadena and Burlington just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in York-Hanover. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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