Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

Pay in Charleston-North Charleston against South Carolina and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $57,570, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Charleston-North Charleston earns $38,490–$47,630. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,140 wide, against $9,750 across South Carolina and $12,010 nationally: employers in Charleston-North Charleston 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 $2,990 over it, while the 25th sits $6,150 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,858 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 median and the 75th percentile in Charleston-North Charleston, and the South Carolina statewide median of $40,170 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Charleston-North Charleston

At the $44,640 median, a local hire costs about $57,600 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,960 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 Charleston-North Charleston

Of the 17 roles we track in Charleston-North Charleston, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($45,300) and customer support specialists ($44,000). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,730.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in Charleston-North Charleston (-2.8%), between virtual receptionists (-2.1%) and office managers (-5.2%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 7.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Charleston-North Charleston, 6.3% across South Carolina and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $37,030 in Florence to $44,640 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $7,610 a year. The one area in South Carolina with more medical administrative assistants, Greenville-Anderson, SC ($39,410), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Charleston-North Charleston against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Charleston-North Charleston is #58 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside South Carolina, Colorado Springs and Topeka pay just above Charleston-North Charleston and Grand Island and Peoria just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in Charleston-North Charleston. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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