Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Columbus, GA-AL

Pay in Columbus against Georgia and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $46,960, 1.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Columbus earns $35,570–$44,210. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $8,640 wide, against $10,870 across Georgia and $12,010 nationally: employers in Columbus 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 $5,580 over the median, the 25th only $3,060 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $7,200 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 Columbus, 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 Columbus

At the $38,630 median, a local hire costs about $49,845 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,215 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 Columbus

Of the 17 roles we track in Columbus, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($42,800) and administrative assistants ($37,570). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,470.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in Columbus (-15.9%), between bookkeepers (-15.5%) and customer support specialists (-16.6%). The typical role here is at -14.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 9.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Columbus, 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. Of the 6 areas in Georgia with more medical administrative assistants than Columbus, 4 pay less, the largest of them Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($38,070), the South Georgia nonmetro area ($36,080) and the Middle Georgia nonmetro area ($36,680).

Columbus against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Columbus is #162 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Chattanooga and Wichita Falls pay just above Columbus and Killeen-Temple and Joplin just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in Columbus. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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