Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI

Pay in Grand Rapids-Wyoming against Michigan and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Grand Rapids-Wyoming earns $39,260–$46,690. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $50,510, 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 $7,430 wide, against $9,040 across Michigan and $12,010 nationally: employers in Grand Rapids-Wyoming 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 $5,510 over the median, the 25th only $1,920 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $7,110 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, and the Michigan statewide median of $41,100 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Grand Rapids-Wyoming

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 $11,955 to the $41,180 median and brings it to $53,135 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming

Of the 17 roles we track in Grand Rapids-Wyoming, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($44,990) and data entry specialists ($40,630). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,020.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Grand Rapids-Wyoming (-10.3%), between accountants (-8.9%) and recruiters (-13.4%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Grand Rapids-Wyoming than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 7.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Grand Rapids-Wyoming, 6.9% across Michigan and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $37,060 in Monroe to $46,740 in Ann Arbor, a gap of $9,680 a year. The one area in Michigan with more medical administrative assistants, Detroit-Warren, MI ($42,320), also pays more.

Grand Rapids-Wyoming against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Grand Rapids-Wyoming is #49 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 Michigan, Logan and Rocky Mount pay just above Grand Rapids-Wyoming and Elmira and Elkhart-Goshen just below. All four are within $300 a year of the median in Grand Rapids-Wyoming. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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