Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Gainesville, FL

Pay in Gainesville against Florida and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $55,760, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Gainesville earns $37,960–$47,420. The mean ($44,630) 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 $9,460 wide, against $9,730 across Florida and $12,010 nationally: employers in Gainesville 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 $1,460 over it, while the 25th sits $8,000 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $1,884 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 25th percentile and the median in Gainesville, and the Florida statewide median of $41,730 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Gainesville

At the $45,960 median, a local hire costs about $59,303 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,343 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 Gainesville

Of the 16 roles we track in Gainesville, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between paralegals ($47,840) and HR assistants ($44,220). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,630.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 16 roles we track in Gainesville (+0.1%); executive assistants come last (-27.2%). The typical role here is at -13.0%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Gainesville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 12.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Gainesville, 8.3% across Florida and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $36,790 in Homosassa Springs to $45,960 in Gainesville, a gap of $9,170 a year. All 12 areas in Florida with more medical administrative assistants than Gainesville pay less, among them Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ($45,060) and Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL ($43,770).

Gainesville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Gainesville is #104 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 Florida, Buffalo-Cheektowaga and Rockford pay just above Gainesville and Bloomington and Cleveland just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Gainesville. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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