Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Detroit-Warren, MI

Pay in Detroit-Warren against Michigan and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Detroit-Warren earns $38,410–$47,230. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $53,640, only 1.5 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 $8,820 wide, against $9,040 across Michigan and $12,010 nationally: employers in Detroit-Warren pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $4,910 a year in pay and about $6,335 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $3,910 in pay. 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 Detroit-Warren, and the Michigan statewide median of $41,100 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Detroit-Warren

At the $42,320 median, a local hire costs about $54,606 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,286 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 Detroit-Warren

Of the 17 roles we track in Detroit-Warren, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($44,730) and data entry specialists ($40,210). Project Coordinator is the highest at $105,350.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Detroit-Warren (-7.9%); sales development representatives come first (+10.0%). The typical role here is at -0.4%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Detroit-Warren than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Detroit-Warren, 6.9% across Michigan and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

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. No other area in Michigan has as many medical administrative assistants, and 15 of the other 18 pay less.

Detroit-Warren against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Detroit-Warren is #17 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 Michigan, Canton-Massillon and San Antonio-New Braunfels pay just above Detroit-Warren and Erie and Des Moines-West Des Moines just below. All four are within $240 a year of the median in Detroit-Warren. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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