Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Erie, PA

Pay in Erie against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Erie earns $37,980–$45,510. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $50,840, 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 $7,530 wide, against $9,510 across Pennsylvania and $12,010 nationally: employers in Erie pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $4,230 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $3,300, or about $4,258 once benefits are added. 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 Erie, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $44,930 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 Erie

At the $42,210 median, a local hire costs about $54,465 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,255 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 Erie

Of the 17 roles we track in Erie, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($43,890) and administrative assistants ($41,850). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,590.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in Erie (-8.1%), between HR assistants (-8.0%) and project coordinators (-8.5%). The typical role here is at -10.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 5.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Erie, 4.8% across Pennsylvania and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $38,230 in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area to $47,120 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $8,890 a year. Of the 10 areas in Pennsylvania with more medical administrative assistants than Erie, 1 pays less: the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($39,740).

Erie against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Erie is #268 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Detroit-Warren and Canton-Massillon pay just above Erie and Traverse City and Des Moines-West Des Moines just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Erie. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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