Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

Pay in Augusta-Richmond County against Georgia and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $54,970, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Augusta-Richmond County earns $35,340–$45,050. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,710 wide, against $10,870 across Georgia and $12,010 nationally: employers in Augusta-Richmond 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 $6,980 over the median, the 25th only $2,730 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,006 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 Augusta-Richmond County, and the Georgia statewide median of $43,160 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 Augusta-Richmond County

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 $11,053 to the $38,070 median and brings it to $49,123 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 Augusta-Richmond County

Of the 17 roles we track in Augusta-Richmond County, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($39,570) and data entry specialists ($37,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,280.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Augusta-Richmond County (-17.1%), between executive assistants (-16.0%) and paralegals (-18.0%). The typical role here is at -12.5%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Augusta-Richmond County than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 10.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Augusta-Richmond County, 7.7% 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. The one area in Georgia with more medical administrative assistants, Atlanta-Sandy Springs, GA ($46,370), also pays more.

Augusta-Richmond County against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Augusta-Richmond County is #84 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Georgia, Parkersburg-Vienna and Beaumont-Port Arthur pay just above Augusta-Richmond County and Panama City-Panama City Beach and Bowling Green just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Augusta-Richmond County. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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