Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Indianapolis-Carmel, IN

Pay in Indianapolis-Carmel against Indiana and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $58,200, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Indianapolis-Carmel earns $38,680–$47,740. The mean ($45,400) 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 $9,060 wide, against $9,150 across Indiana and $12,010 nationally: employers in Indianapolis-Carmel 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 $1,710 over it, while the 25th sits $7,350 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $2,206 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 Indianapolis-Carmel, and the Indiana statewide median of $44,060 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Indianapolis-Carmel

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 $13,364 to the $46,030 median and brings it to $59,394 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 Indianapolis-Carmel

Of the 17 roles we track in Indianapolis-Carmel, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($46,450) and e-commerce order specialists ($44,720). Project Coordinator is the highest at $99,710.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Indianapolis-Carmel (+0.2%), between office managers (+7.5%) and paralegals (-1.2%). The typical role here is at -3.1%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Indianapolis-Carmel than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 7.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Indianapolis-Carmel, 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. No other area in Indiana has as many medical administrative assistants, and all 14 others pay less.

Indianapolis-Carmel against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Indianapolis-Carmel is #23 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, Champaign-Urbana and Cincinnati pay just above Indianapolis-Carmel and Rockford and Buffalo-Cheektowaga just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Indianapolis-Carmel. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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