Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Jackson, MI

Pay in Jackson against Michigan and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Jackson earns $38,910–$46,340. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $48,080, only 1.3 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 Jackson 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 $6,600 over the median, the 25th only $830 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,516 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 Jackson, and the Michigan statewide median of $41,100 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Jackson

At the $39,740 median, a local hire costs about $51,277 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,537 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 Jackson

Of the 15 roles we track in Jackson, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($42,230) and virtual receptionists ($36,130). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,280.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #13 of the 15 roles we track in Jackson (-13.5%), between recruiters (-8.8%) and sales development representatives (-16.3%). The typical role here is at -5.7%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Jackson than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.4% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Jackson, 7.0% across Michigan and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

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. Of the 16 areas in Michigan with more medical administrative assistants than Jackson, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($39,520), the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area ($38,300) and the Northern Michigan nonmetro area ($39,080).

Jackson against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Jackson is #395 of 514 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Michigan, Blacksburg-Christiansburg and Altoona pay just above Jackson and Toledo and Michigan City-La Porte just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Jackson. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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