Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Elkhart-Goshen, IN

Pay in Elkhart-Goshen against Indiana and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Elkhart-Goshen earns $37,710–$46,220. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $50,400, only 1.4 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 $8,510 wide, against $9,150 across Indiana and $12,010 nationally: employers in Elkhart-Goshen 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 $5,290 over the median, the 25th only $3,220 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $6,826 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 median and the 75th percentile in Elkhart-Goshen, and the Indiana statewide median of $44,060 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Elkhart-Goshen

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 $11,883 to the $40,930 median and brings it to $52,813 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 Elkhart-Goshen

Of the 17 roles we track in Elkhart-Goshen, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($41,390) and virtual receptionists ($36,970). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,640.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in Elkhart-Goshen (-10.9%), between administrative assistants (-9.0%) and sales development representatives (-12.0%). The typical role here is at -7.5%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Elkhart-Goshen than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Elkhart-Goshen, 7.9% across Indiana and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $38,220 in Evansville to $46,030 in Indianapolis-Carmel, a gap of $7,810 a year. Of the 7 areas in Indiana with more medical administrative assistants than Elkhart-Goshen, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Southern Indiana nonmetro area ($38,930), Evansville, IN ($38,220) and the Northern Indiana nonmetro area ($38,720).

Elkhart-Goshen against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Elkhart-Goshen is #278 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Elmira and Grand Rapids-Wyoming pay just above Elkhart-Goshen and College Station-Bryan and Prescott Valley-Prescott just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in Elkhart-Goshen. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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