Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Champaign-Urbana, IL

Pay in Champaign-Urbana against Illinois and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Champaign-Urbana earns $38,580–$48,010. The top tenth earns $57,530 or more, 1.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. The mean ($45,100) 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 $9,430 wide, against $9,850 across Illinois and $12,010 nationally: employers in Champaign-Urbana 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 $1,950 over it, while the 25th sits $7,480 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $2,516 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 Champaign-Urbana, and the Illinois statewide median of $46,670 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Champaign-Urbana

At the $46,060 median, a local hire costs about $59,432 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,372 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 Champaign-Urbana

Of the 16 roles we track in Champaign-Urbana, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($48,260) and e-commerce order specialists ($45,150). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,770.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #4 of the 16 roles we track in Champaign-Urbana (+0.3%), between administrative assistants (+1.5%) and e-commerce order specialists (-2.2%). The typical role here is at -7.3%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Champaign-Urbana than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Champaign-Urbana, 4.5% across Illinois and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Illinois

Across the 12 areas of Illinois with data for this job, the median runs from $37,660 in Kankakee to $47,680 in Chicago-Naperville, a gap of $10,020 a year. Of the 7 areas in Illinois with more medical administrative assistants than Champaign-Urbana, 6 pay less, the largest of them Springfield, IL ($43,350), Peoria, IL ($44,530) and the West Central Illinois nonmetro area ($38,590).

Champaign-Urbana against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Champaign-Urbana is #267 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Illinois, Cincinnati and Allentown-Bethlehem pay just above Champaign-Urbana and Indianapolis-Carmel and Buffalo-Cheektowaga just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Champaign-Urbana. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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