Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Ann Arbor, MI

Pay in Ann Arbor against Michigan and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Ann Arbor earns $38,330–$47,040. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $50,800, only 1.3 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($44,840) 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 $8,710 wide, against $9,040 across Michigan and $12,010 nationally: employers in Ann Arbor 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 $300 over it, while the 25th sits $8,410 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $387 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 25th percentile and the median in Ann Arbor, and the Michigan statewide median of $41,100 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Ann Arbor

At the $46,740 median, a local hire costs about $60,310 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,570 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 Ann Arbor

Of the 17 roles we track in Ann Arbor, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($50,330) and data entry specialists ($40,780). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,690.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in Ann Arbor (+1.8%), between recruiters (+2.4%) and project coordinators (+1.3%). The typical role here is at +1.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 9.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Ann Arbor, 6.9% across Michigan and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $37,060 in Monroe to $46,740 in Ann Arbor, a gap of $9,680 a year. All 2 areas in Michigan with more medical administrative assistants than Ann Arbor pay less, among them Detroit-Warren, MI ($42,320) and Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI ($41,180).

Ann Arbor against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Ann Arbor is #89 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Michigan, Las Vegas-Henderson and Wenatchee-East Wenatchee pay just above Ann Arbor and Bismarck and Merced just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Ann Arbor. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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