Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Greenville-Anderson, SC

Pay in Greenville-Anderson against South Carolina and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Greenville-Anderson earns $37,460–$46,310. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $53,250, only 1.5 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 $8,850 wide, against $9,750 across South Carolina and $12,010 nationally: employers in Greenville-Anderson 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 $6,900 over the median, the 25th only $1,950 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,903 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 Greenville-Anderson, and the South Carolina statewide median of $40,170 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Greenville-Anderson

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 $11,442 to the $39,410 median and brings it to $50,852 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 Greenville-Anderson

Of the 17 roles we track in Greenville-Anderson, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($43,930) and data entry specialists ($39,120). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,780.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Greenville-Anderson (-14.2%), between customer support specialists (-12.9%) and sales development representatives (-26.5%). The typical role here is at -8.1%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Greenville-Anderson than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Greenville-Anderson, 6.3% across South Carolina and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $37,030 in Florence to $44,640 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $7,610 a year. No other area in South Carolina has as many medical administrative assistants, and 6 of the other 10 pay less.

Greenville-Anderson against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Greenville-Anderson is #57 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 South Carolina, Savannah and Orlando-Kissimmee pay just above Greenville-Anderson and Dubuque and Davenport-Moline just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in Greenville-Anderson. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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