Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Eau Claire, WI

Pay in Eau Claire against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Eau Claire earns $46,020–$48,230. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $57,070, 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 $2,210 wide, against $5,410 across Wisconsin and $12,010 nationally: employers in Eau Claire 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 $260 over it, while the 25th sits $1,950 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $335 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 10th and 25th percentiles in Eau Claire, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $48,380 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Eau Claire

At the $47,970 median, a local hire costs about $61,897 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,927 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 Eau Claire

Of the 16 roles we track in Eau Claire, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($48,720) and administrative assistants ($46,970). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,840.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #2 of the 16 roles we track in Eau Claire (+4.4%), between virtual receptionists (+8.7%) and customer support specialists (+2.6%). The typical role here is at -3.2%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Eau Claire than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 4.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Eau Claire, 2.8% across Wisconsin and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $46,190 in Janesville-Beloit to $48,560 in Milwaukee-Waukesha, a gap of $2,370 a year. Of the 3 areas in Wisconsin with more medical administrative assistants than Eau Claire, 1 pays less: La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN ($47,480).

Eau Claire against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Eau Claire is #369 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Bremerton-Silverdale and Fresno pay just above Eau Claire and Stockton-Lodi and Amherst Town-Northampton just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Eau Claire. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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