Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Canton-Massillon, OH

Pay in Canton-Massillon against Ohio and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Canton-Massillon earns $37,340–$45,410. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $49,160, only 1.4 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($42,080) 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 $8,070 wide, against $9,280 across Ohio and $12,010 nationally: employers in Canton-Massillon 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 $3,070 over it, while the 25th sits $5,000 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,961 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Canton-Massillon, and the Ohio statewide median of $44,280 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 Canton-Massillon

At the $42,340 median, a local hire costs about $54,632 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,292 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

We place executive assistants, customer support and e-commerce staff today; for medical administrative assistants we answer within one business day whether we can help. Enter the monthly pay you have in mind to compare it with a local hire. The fee field shows our standard fee³; Deel's contractor plan is the default payroll tool⁴.

Other roles in Canton-Massillon

Of the 17 roles we track in Canton-Massillon, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($43,930) and data entry specialists ($36,300). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,530.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in Canton-Massillon (-7.8%), between administrative assistants (-7.6%) and paralegals (-8.2%). The typical role here is at -11.8%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Canton-Massillon than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 5.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Canton-Massillon, 5.7% across Ohio and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $37,650 in Mansfield to $46,220 in Columbus, a gap of $8,570 a year. Of the 8 areas in Ohio with more medical administrative assistants than Canton-Massillon, 4 pay less, the largest of them Akron, OH ($41,740), Toledo, OH ($39,730) and the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area ($39,270).

Canton-Massillon against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Canton-Massillon is #213 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Ohio, San Antonio-New Braunfels and San Angelo pay just above Canton-Massillon and Detroit-Warren and Erie just below. All four are within $220 a year of the median in Canton-Massillon. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

Questions

Sources

How these pages are built: methodology and data sources. Last updated 2026-11-12.