Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Fort Wayne, IN

Pay in Fort Wayne against Indiana and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $56,930, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Fort Wayne earns $38,750–$47,170. The mean ($44,240) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $8,420 wide, against $9,150 across Indiana and $12,010 nationally: employers in Fort Wayne 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 $2,140 over it, while the 25th sits $6,280 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $2,761 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 median and the 75th percentile in Fort Wayne, and the Indiana statewide median of $44,060 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Fort Wayne

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 $13,073 to the $45,030 median and brings it to $58,103 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 Fort Wayne

Of the 17 roles we track in Fort Wayne, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($45,200) and administrative assistants ($44,820). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,590.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Fort Wayne (-2.0%), between customer support specialists (+1.0%) and data entry specialists (-4.5%). The typical role here is at -7.3%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Fort Wayne than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 9.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fort Wayne, 7.9% across Indiana and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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. The one area in Indiana with more medical administrative assistants, Indianapolis-Carmel, IN ($46,030), also pays more.

Fort Wayne against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fort Wayne is #96 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 Indiana, Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Gainesville pay just above Fort Wayne and Greeley and Lexington Park just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Fort Wayne. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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