Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the East Georgia nonmetro area

Pay in the East Georgia nonmetro area against Georgia and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the East Georgia nonmetro area earns $34,760–$44,880. The top tenth earns $54,170 or more, 1.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. The mean ($40,360) is 8% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $10,120 wide, against $10,870 across Georgia and $12,010 nationally: employers in the East Georgia nonmetro area 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 $7,670 over the median, the 25th only $2,450 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,897 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 the East Georgia nonmetro area, 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 the East Georgia nonmetro area

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $10,803 to the $37,210 median and brings it to $48,013 a year. 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 the East Georgia nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the East Georgia nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($40,160) and data entry specialists ($36,250). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,200.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #9 of the 16 roles we track in the East Georgia nonmetro area (-19.0%), between virtual receptionists (-18.9%) and customer support specialists (-19.7%). The typical role here is at -19.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 10.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the East Georgia nonmetro area, 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 10 areas in Georgia with more medical administrative assistants than the East Georgia nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the South Georgia nonmetro area ($36,080) and the Middle Georgia nonmetro area ($36,680).

the East Georgia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East Georgia nonmetro area is #236 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Georgia, Lawton and Roanoke pay just above the East Georgia nonmetro area and Tallahassee and Laredo just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in the East Georgia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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