Cost to hire medical administrative assistants: Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan against local pay
Only Georgia and Kazakhstan publish pay for medical administrative assistant work (official occupation figures), so the starting pay in Armenia and Ukraine is the national average, a placeholder. Between the two with figures, Kazakhstan costs $809 a month as a contractor and Georgia $919. To compare tax and fees at one pay, use the calculator on each country's page. A US hire at the BLS median costs $5,468 a month with benefits.
| Country | Starting pay | Contractor | Take-home | EOR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | $700 | $749 | $616 | $1,575 | placeholder pay |
| Kazakhstan | $760 | $809 | $681 | $1,556 | |
| Georgia | $870 | $919 | $861 | $1,725 | |
| Armenia | $870 | $919 | $740 | $1,589 | placeholder pay |
Where the starting pay comes from
- Georgia: Geostat's 2025 average for group «33 Business and Administration Associate Professionals», GEL 2,259.2 ($871)1.
- Kazakhstan: the April 2026 average for the occupation group «Специалисты-техники и иной вспомогательный профессиональный персонал», KZT 337,653 ($759)2 at 40 hours a week.
- Armenia and Ukraine: no pay figure by occupation, so the national average wage ($8703, $7004), a placeholder.
Medical administrative assistants hired at home
| Market | Median pay a month | Employer cost a month |
|---|---|---|
| United States56 | $3,828 | $5,468 |
| United Kingdom78910 | $3,069 | $3,517 |
| Canada1110 | $3,101 | wage only |
| Australia121310 | $5,337 | $5,977 |
With 961,610 US jobs, medical administrative assistants sit in the larger half of the 17 occupations we price.
Few roles we price pay as evenly as medical administrative assistant work: from $35,930 at the 10th percentile to $60,530 at the 90th, only 1.7 times apart, so the median is a fair benchmark.
State gaps for medical administrative assistants are narrower than average: the top median (Washington) is 1.60 times the bottom (Mississippi).
Even the best-paid large industry for medical administrative assistants, educational services, pays only 11% over the national median: the US benchmark barely depends on the sector.
US medical administrative assistants are concentrated in one sector: 91% work in health care and social assistance, one of the highest shares of the roles we price.
UK pay for medical administrative assistants is 80% of the US median, above the usual ratio.
UK pay for medical administrative assistants rose only 1.9% in the year to April 2026, one of the weakest changes of the roles with an ONS figure.
Canada pays medical administrative assistants almost the same everywhere: C$23.50 an hour in Nova Scotia, C$29.00 in Alberta.
UK regions for medical administrative assistants: highest London (£35,143) and West Midlands (£27,111), lowest South West England (£25,698), full-time medians a year.
Australia publishes no figure for the job itself: the row above is the full-time group «Personal assistants and secretaries» plus super.
| US sector | Jobs | Median a year |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 877,840 | $45,930 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 21,220 | $45,050 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 16,580 | $46,220 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 13,830 | $45,670 |
| US pay | A year | A month | Employer cost × Ukraine contractor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $35,930 | $2,994 | 5.7× |
| 25th | $38,570 | $3,214 | 6.1× |
| Median | $45,930 | $3,828 | 7.3× |
| 75th | $50,580 | $4,215 | 8.0× |
| 90th | $60,530 | $5,044 | 9.6× |
| Statistics | Code | Occupation as published |
|---|---|---|
| US, BLS (SOC 2018) | 43-6013 | Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants |
| UK, ONS (SOC 2020) | 4211 | Medical secretaries |
| Canada, ESDC (NOC 2021) | 13112 | Medical administrative assistants |
| Australia, ABS (ANZSCO) | 5212 | Secretaries |
| ISCO-08 (ILO), used for Georgia | 3344 | unit group in «Business and Administration Associate Professionals» |
The ABS has no medical administration code. Secretaries are the closest group.
Questions
How much does it cost to hire a medical administrative assistant remotely?
$749–$919 a month as a contractor in the four countries here, $1,556–$1,725 through an employer of record. A US hire costs about $5,468.
Which country is cheapest to hire a medical administrative assistant from?
Of the countries with an official medical administrative assistant figure, Kazakhstan ($809 a month as a contractor) against Georgia ($919); the others have no pay by occupation to compare.
Not tax or legal advice: rates depend on the person’s registration and activity. Corrections: hello@silkstaff.com.
Sources
14 sources, with links
- Geostat: average monthly nominal earnings of employees by occupation (ISCO-08), 2021 and 2025, xlsx: geostat.ge
- Бюро национальной статистики РК: распределение заработной платы работников по основным профессиям и должностям (2026), форма 2-Т, апрель 2026, xlsx: stat.gov.kz
- Armstat, average monthly nominal wage, August 2026: armstat.am
- State Statistics Service of Ukraine, average monthly wage of staff employees, August 2026: lv.ukrstat.gov.ua
- BLS OEWS May 2025, 43-6013: bls.gov
- BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, private industry, June 2026: bls.gov
- ONS, ASHE Table 14 (occupation), 2026 provisional: ons.gov.uk
- GOV.UK, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027: gov.uk
- GOV.UK, workplace pensions: what you, your employer and the government pay: gov.uk
- ECB euro reference rates, 2026-11-03: ecb.europa.eu
- ESDC Job Bank, wages by occupation and economic region, 2025 release: open.canada.ca
- ABS, Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, May 2025, data cubes 11, 12 and 13: abs.gov.au
- ATO, super guarantee rates: ato.gov.au
- BLS OEWS May 2025, national industry-specific estimates: bls.gov
How these pages are built: methodology and data sources. Last updated 2026-11-12.