Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Athens-Clarke County, GA

Pay in Athens-Clarke County against Georgia and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $53,220, 1.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Athens-Clarke County earns $35,810–$46,340. The mean ($41,200) is 9% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $10,530 wide, against $10,870 across Georgia and $12,010 nationally: employers in Athens-Clarke County 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 $8,540 over the median, the 25th only $1,990 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,019 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 median and the 75th percentile in Athens-Clarke County, and the Georgia statewide median of $43,160 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Athens-Clarke County

At the $37,800 median, a local hire costs about $48,774 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,974 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 Athens-Clarke County

Of the 15 roles we track in Athens-Clarke County, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($43,820) and customer support specialists ($36,320). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,430.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #9 of the 15 roles we track in Athens-Clarke County (-17.7%), between marketing specialists (-16.4%) and customer support specialists (-18.9%). The typical role here is at -16.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 12.5% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Athens-Clarke County, 7.8% across Georgia and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $34,980 in Valdosta to $46,370 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $11,390 a year. Of the 8 areas in Georgia with more medical administrative assistants than Athens-Clarke County, 2 pay less: the South Georgia nonmetro area ($36,080) and the Middle Georgia nonmetro area ($36,680).

Athens-Clarke County against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Athens-Clarke County is #170 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Georgia, Tyler and Wildwood-The Villages pay just above Athens-Clarke County and Lafayette and Huntsville just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Athens-Clarke County. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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