Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Battle Creek, MI

Pay in Battle Creek against Michigan and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Battle Creek earns $37,280–$45,340. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $48,500, only 1.4 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $8,060 wide, against $9,040 across Michigan and $12,010 nationally: employers in Battle Creek 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 $5,210 over the median, the 25th only $2,850 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $6,723 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 Battle Creek, and the Michigan statewide median of $41,100 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 Battle Creek

At the $40,130 median, a local hire costs about $51,781 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,651 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 Battle Creek

Of the 14 roles we track in Battle Creek, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($40,870) and virtual receptionists ($37,480). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,600.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #12 of the 14 roles we track in Battle Creek (-12.6%), between sales development representatives (-12.6%) and executive assistants (-15.7%). The typical role here is at -10.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 10.0% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Battle Creek, 7.1% across Michigan and 6.3% 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. Of the 13 areas in Michigan with more medical administrative assistants than Battle Creek, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($39,520), the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area ($38,300) and the Northern Michigan nonmetro area ($39,080).

Battle Creek against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Battle Creek is #351 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Sherman-Denison and Columbia pay just above Battle Creek and Spartanburg and Wilmington just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Battle Creek. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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