Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Jackson, MS

Pay in Jackson against Mississippi and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Jackson earns $34,200–$43,720. The top tenth earns $49,040 or more, 1.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,520 wide, against $11,840 across Mississippi 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 $6,840 over the median, the 25th only $2,680 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,826 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Jackson, and the Mississippi statewide median of $36,290 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Jackson

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 $10,707 to the $36,880 median and brings it to $47,587 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 Jackson

Of the 17 roles we track in Jackson, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($37,360) and virtual receptionists ($34,350). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,150.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in Jackson (-19.7%), between administrative assistants (-19.1%) and paralegals (-19.7%). The typical role here is at -17.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 5.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Jackson and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $34,690 in Hattiesburg to $37,440 in Gulfport-Biloxi, a gap of $2,750 a year. No other area in Mississippi has as many medical administrative assistants, and 5 of the other 6 pay less.

Jackson against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Jackson is #118 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Mississippi, Enid and Elizabethtown pay just above Jackson and Morristown and Kingsport-Bristol just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Jackson. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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